The Edo State Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa Esq., on Saturday, led the body of Permanent Secretaries, Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), among others to the Roseluyi Exceptional Students Academy (RESA) to support children with special needs in the school with cash gift in commemoration of the 66th birthday of the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.

The governor had made a special appeal to all who want to celebrate his upcoming birthday anniversary, to channel all gifts and donations to the Academy for children with special needs in the State.

Obaseki said the school has demonstrated excellent capacity in the development of children with special needs, urging all to participate in the celebration to honour the children with special needs in the State.

The Head of Service presented a cheque of N500,000 to the Founder of Roseluyi Exceptional Students Academy (RESA), Osarhiemen Rosemary Isaac-Aluyi, to support the upkeep of the children with special needs.

According to him, “Due to the passion of Mr. Governor on the environment, we decided to pull resources together to clean the environment to commemorate the governor’s birthday.

This special sanitation was initiated by the body and the ministry of environment has promised to sustain the exercise going forward. This is the first part of the celebration.”

He continued, “The second part of the celebration is a visit to this school following the wish and instruction of Mr. Governor that all gifts for him on his birthday should be brought to the school to take care of the children of this school who have various needs.

“We are here today to celebrate the governor's birthday with the children. Also, we are here to see the children and know how things are going with them in the school. We are here to present the children a little gift we contributed as our little contribution to support these special children.”

Okungbowa added, “We have a token to appreciate God for our governor. We hope they are doing well. Thank you for all you are doing. We heard you are doing a lot and doing your best for the children to get the best.”

The Founder of Roseluyi Exceptional Students Academy RESA Osarhiemen Rosemary Isaac-Aluyi, who received the cheque on behalf of the school, thanked the government delegation for their kind gesture.

“We appreciate this visit and thank you all for this donation. I am overwhelmed by this gift to the children. I thank my teachers, they are special and have been of great help as I can't do it on my own. I thank the governor for this and wish him a wonderful and prosperous birthday.”