The wife of the Osun State Governor, Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola, has charged women in the state to instill their children with sense of dignity, love, and service to the community, AMILOADED reports.
The Osun First Lady gave the charge while speaking at the National Prayer Session held at the Government House in Osogbo, the state capital, on Tuesday.
Mrs Oyetola, who called for the reawaken of virtue of humanity handed by precursors, called on the women to begin to teach their children the abandoned virtues.
She said, “They are dimensions which affect every aspect of our daily living. This development has raised concern for every Nigerian. This is the reason why we, (the Nigerian Governors Wives Forum (NGWF) have resolved to have this country-wide program of prayer.
“I am happy that our women in Osun have responded to this call. I thank you for this. There is no part of this country that can afford to ignore the situation of insecurity in the country today. We all need to approach the Almighty God to urgently change the direction of events in our nation and make us healthy again.
“It is also pertinent at this juncture to call on each one of us to begin to change our approach to issues of nationhood. We must start a cause of behavior change. Let us change our attitude in relation to one another, in relation to community affairs, in relation to our state affairs and in relation to our national affairs.
“Yes, Nigeria is a nation with large number of churches, mosques, and homes of traditional religions. It is also a fact that Nigeria is one of the nations that seriously need healing in all aspects of life. This healing can come only through divine intervention of God.”
The Osun First Lady added, “However, the intervention will require that we work. We must start from our homes. Let’s change the culture that places money as the ultimate value of relationship. Let us enthrone virtue, let us enthrone love, let us bring back the virtue of humanity that our great grandparents handed down to us.
“Mothers should begin to teach our children these abandoned virtues. They were virtues that made our society greater than many of those that our children run to today. We can still reclaim our land. Time is ticking for this individual and collective intervention. Imbibe
“I therefore plead with our mothers, the teachers in our schools, our religious leaders, our trade-unions to make this a key assignment. We should make messages and teachings of these virtues to be at the forefront. We should de-emphasize the love of money as the ultimate value. We should begin to imbue our children with sense of dignity, love, and service to the community. This will generate significant wealth to our communities and our homes. It would generate peace of mind and safety. It happened before in our nation. We can make it happen again,” Mrs Oyetola stated.
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