Segun Akanni, Toronto, Canada 
Oluwo of Iwoland, HIM Oba (Dr.) Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has disclosed his intention to build shelter for orphans, mad women babies, disables and children with special needs.
Oluwo made the disclosure yesterday at a special celebration and get together party organized for the vulnerable children in his palace.
According to him “Encouraging the promotion of ability in the vulnerable, motherless and disabled children is key to ensure the stigmatized are brought to the front line of decision making, opinion building and resources allocation. To achieve this, all stakeholders most especially those with financial wherewithal are encouraged to lift these children and provide a friendly environment devoid of marginalization, stigmatization and hungry. Creating such an environment is the responsibility of you and I in our respective little and big capacity. As I host the orphans, children of special needs, disables and others in the category of the less privileged, I’m touched the more with their disposition and ready to device a means to build shelter for them in my country home, Iwo”
The gesture was not the first of his stool as the monarch, since enthronement, feeds children in this categories twice a week till date. But to extend the kindness to those who staying far and could not afford transport to his palace, he invited and paid their transport fare for a jolly session involving feeding, gifts and dancing merriment.
As further corroborated by a statement announcing the event issued by the monarch’s press secretary, Alli Ibraheem, Oluwo was quoted to have said ” As a responsible traditional ruler, I’ve no excuse refusing to serve humanity irrespective of their status. Every opportune human only enjoys the grace of God. And as a monarch, my position is permanent. Politicians will come and go but monarchs will remain. We must be responsible by ensuring no one is marginalized, we must create a space for everyone around us such that, no one feel inferior”
“I host these children to brighten their hope in surviving, discover the ability and skill inbuilt and promote such to the advantage of their independency mostly financial autonomy. Most importantly, these children were born just like you and I but we are just privileged to be complete. We should not take the advantage to oppress them. They are part of us and our family members. We should bring them closer and provide succor at the sense of their difficulties”
“I’m planning to build a shelter for them and float skill acquisition centre. The shelter will be an assemblage of orphans, children of mad women, vulnerable and special needs. Housing and clothing them will encourage encourage easy contact of those ready to help them. I want to challenged the difficult encountered in accessing these my children. After building the shelter, we can effectively collaborate with governmental and non governmental organizations, international bodies and even the government to have an effective management and enough logistics. This arrangement is necessary to have official record of them for easy tracking- we send those in the category of students to school, pay their fees while those learning skills are placed on training. Continuously placing them on free food and gifts is not enough, an environment of excessive survival must be encouraged. They can as well be a pillar to their family with our design”
“I want to call on all well meaning Nigerians to imbibe renewed spirit of service most especially to the disadvantaged section of the nation. It is not compulsory but mandatory to breath the air of fulfilment as expected of a responsible human. I will continue to serve humanity with my last strength, resources and connection”
