Nigerian Pastor Receives 17 Awards From Canadian Government For Humanitarian Works

Ibadan-based  cleric and President of Care People Foundation, Rev. Dr Paul Tunde Toluwani has received seventeen awards of recognition from the Canadian Government for his outstanding contributions to the well-being of people living with disabilities.

Dr Toluwami shared this in Ibadan on Friday at the Care People Foundation annual Carnival for the Physically Challenged, Orphans and Motherless Children held at the Foundation’s premises along Ibadan-Lagos Expressway.

At the event, assorted support items including brand new wheelchairs, bags of rice, sewing machines, grinding machines as well as vocational and financial assistance were offered to a number of people with disabilities drawn from different parts of Oyo State.

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While using the forum to express gratitude to the donor partners notably the Toronto Police Canada, Dr Abib Olamitoye as well as Prof. and Mrs Adeyemi, among others, for their contributions toward the success story of Care People Foundation to date, Dr Toluwami noted with concern that although the activities of the Foundation have not been really acknowledged by the various tiers of government in Nigeria since its inception in 1990, but it has been a different scenario outside the country.

The cleric, however, applauded the present administration in Oyo State for its concern for the well being of the people living with disabilities, saying that: “Governor Seyi Makinde is by far the best gift that has happened to Oyo State.”

According to Dr Toluwami, with Governor Makinde on board, people of Oyo State have been enjoying the atmosphere of peace and tranquillity just as workers are happier with their salaries being paid on time while the government has also brought a disabled person on board as part of the cabinet.

The cleric enjoined Governor Makinde to continue with the good work he has started for continued peace and concord across the State.

Dr Toluwami then called on the various tiers of government in Nigeria to take the social investment programme to the next level by “doing more through human-need policies implementation that will lift poor Nigerians out of the pit of poverty now that our country is rated as the capital of the poorest nations of the world.”