Readers of Nigeria’s most widely read
newspaper, The PUNCH, on Thursday, offered to
pay the school fees of the three children that
were abandoned by their father, Mr. Segun
Adepegba, at Solid Rock Model College in
Abule-Iroko of Ogun State for eight years.
This is just as the Ogun State Ministry of
Women Affairs and Social Development also
indicated interest in the issue.

Since PUNCH Metro exclusively reported the
story of the three children, Seun, 14, Titilola 13,
and Seyi, 10, several interested persons have
indicated interest in helping the children.

On the PUNCH website, many readers expressed
their sympathy for the children, promising to
donate money to pay the accumulated debt of
their school fees.

The father of the children, after reading the
report in PUNCH Metro, after being
incommunicado for about eight years, said
hardship forced him to abandon his children at
the school and promised to visit them before
the end of the week.

Many readers, who blamed Adepegba for
abandoning his children, asked that a bank
account be opened so that they could make
donations.
A PUNCH reader, identified as Austin Sunny,
urged the Ogun State Government to intervene
in the welfare of the children. Anthony urged
the government to emulate other developed
countries who have good welfare plans for such
children.

He wrote, “One of the things that made the
United Kingdom to be great today was because
they take care of the needy; children and
mothers; elderly people and the pensioners! All
these cannot be seen in Nigeria today. This
needs to be considered.”
Adeyinka Adejumo, who said he cried when he
first read the story, also indicated interest to
make donations.

He wrote, “The PUNCH should please furnish us
with account details. I will surely assist in my
capacity very reasonably. I really wept the first
time I read the report. I’m so happy that their
father has come out of hiding.”

Another reader, Kunle Williams, wrote, “I’m also
willing to contribute to the education of the
children. Let’s stop throwing punches, he who
wears the shoes knows where it pinches. It is a
crazy country. We need a change of leadership
from a government full of propaganda and fake
statistics that doesn’t impact the life of a
common man. Nigerians are struggling to feed
in the midst of plenty. That must have forced
Adepegba to run away.”

Another PUNCH reader, identified simply as
Busanic, wrote, “My heart bleeds! Can PUNCH
provide an account so we can pay these kid’s
fees?”
Still, another reader, Jane Edosomwan, wrote, “I
will be glad to contribute if PUNCH can provide
an account. I hate to see kids suffer.”
A reader identified simply as Adesoji wrote, “ I
would like to be a partaker of this blessing by
contributing my quota once the account is
made available by PUNCH.

An anonymous reader wrote, “I am happy with
the suggestion of providing an account for the
welfare of those children, and to my greatest
surprise, many Nigerians have supported this
suggestion and that has shown that we are good
people with good heart in one nation.
“What I am seeing in today’s Nigeria is giving
me the feeling that Nigeria will be better, all we
need is true love. Once the account is
displayed, no amount is too small and God will
help us all to contribute.”

Mrs Torera Oshinowo appealed to Adepegba to
fulfil his promise of visiting the children.
She wrote, “I want to beg Mr Adepegba in the
name of God to visit the children at their
school, God will help him. The day I read the
news about the children, it really touched me.”
Dele Odugbemi blamed Adepegba for
abandoning his children but said it was good
that the children were not left to roam the
streets.

He added, “I really commend The PUNCH for
publishing this story. Our government at all
levels should endeavour to put welfare
packages in place where the poor and needy
could access when they have no means to pay
their house rents, health care and their children
school fees.”

PUNCH readers are not the only ones touched
by the children’s story. PUNCH Metro also
learnt that the Ogun State Government has
offered to assist the father of the children.
The proprietor of the school, Mr Samuel
Ayegbusi, said some officials of the Ogun State
Ministry of Women Affairs and Social
Development visited the school on Wednesday
with a promise to check back next week to see
how the government could be of help.



www.punchng.com/metro-plus/punch-readers-offer-to-pay-abandoned-childrens-fees/

Mr op can please set the ball rolling with your donations?

Poster please furnish me with the account details too, I wanna make contribution

Myself will also give a helping hand o.

This is one of the reasons we don't believe in 9ija.

Yet, the state have produced LG Councilors, Chairmen and State Govs who are all Billionaires...

Can how you be a witness to injustice that is justified by those who should apportion punishment and be expected to have faith in the system?

Did you read what someone said about UK?

Any wonder their citizens are ready to die their country anytime?

Whatever happens to Education for All Year 2000s slogan?