Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has hailed fathers for their immense contributions to societal development in holding the family unit together amid hardship occasioned by the prevailing economic realities.
Speaking through a statement he released in Benin City to mark the 2024 Father’s Day, Governor Obaseki acknowledged that Fathers have remained strong pillars of support in the family, toiling daily to make ends meet while juggling roles such as mentor, leader, protector, provider, and breadwinner, noting that they deserve to be celebrated.
The Governor maintained that men play critical roles in homes, workplaces and society and assured of state government’s support to deliver on their duties on the home front with dignity, which include the State’s Civil Service Reforms and increase in the Minimum Wage to Seventy Thousand Naira, the highest in Nigeria.
He urged them as the family’s reflective mirrors to imbue in their children the right values and character so as to ensure peace, stability, and harmony in the society, especially amid the current electioneering season in Edo.
(Editor: Nkoli Omhoudu)
