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Osun receives citizens from Lebanon

Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo

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Osun State Government has received 15 of its citizens, who were trafficked in Lebanon.
The returnees were formally to received on behalf of the State Government by the Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Mrs Olubukola Olaboopo, and the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Diaspora Matters, Mrs Titi Fadahunsi-Ajayi.
Addressing them during the reception, Olaboopo expressed delight that the ladies had returned alive from Lebanon.
She said that the state government had put necessary measures in place for their reintegration into their communities and the state entirely.
Speaking at the reception, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Diaspora Matters, Mrs Titi Fadahunsi-Ajayi, commended the Governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, saying that he felt the pain of a father and that informed his response.
In her words: “Sometime in August, a letter came in from the Nigerian In Diaspora Commission, to the governor of the State, asking for help in evacuating some of our citizens stranded in Lebanon.
“It was a distress call from these ladies, who were going through hell in Lebanon and had to cry out. They had terrible experiences, which made some of them run away from their masters.
“The governor did not only released funds for their tickets, he also approved a token for each of the girls to empower them”, Fadahunsi-Ajayi stated.
One of the returnees, Amina Kajobola thanked the state government and Governor Adegboyega Oyetola on behalf of the girls, adding that the governor was the reason they were not marooned in Lebanon.
In her words, “We are grateful that we called and the Governor answered us. If he did not respond, there was nothing we could have done about it. The state government stayed in touch with us until we returned home”.

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