Social workers must complement our efforts to meet Lagosians demands — LASG
By Moses Adeniyi
For the societal problems to be tackled or reduced to the barest minimum, there is need for social workers to complement the efforts being made by State Government by total commitment to their job. No society can do without social workers because they play an indispensable role in helping to keep the fabrics together in order to meet the ever increasing demands being made on us by Lagosians,” the Lagos State Government has said.
The State Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Mobolaji Ogunlende gave this charge during his familiarisation tour to the Rehabilitation Training Centre and Vocational Rehabilitation Centre for Persons With Disabilities located in Ikorodu on Wednesday.
In appreciating the job of the social workers which he described as “great work,” Ogunlende said, “the State Government can have the best facilities without positively affecting the lives of the citizenry, if there are no persons with commitment to use them to deliver the needed services to the citizenry.”
In the same vein, the Permanent Secretary, Pharm (Mrs) Toyin Oke-Osanyintolu said: “As social workers, you have given hope to the children in our Centres as many of them were seen in a joyful mood on seeing us. Some of these children were found on the streets without parents. You have given them a sense of belonging through the love and care you showed them.”
Pharm (Mrs) Oke-Osanyintolu urged the staff at the Centres to raise the bar of service delivery in view of the fact that the THEMES+ Agenda of the second term of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu “has put rollercoaster on the feet of the Ministry of Youth and Social Development” by broadening its responsibilities.
According to the Permanent Secretary, the Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Persons With Disabilities was established by the State Government in 1997 with the aim of empowering people living with disability to become productive through acquisition of skill in either tailoring, shoemaking, bead making, catering or any other vocation .
