Mrs Ruth Mandyau, Wife of B/Ladi Council Boss Feeds 500 Orphans at New Year Funfair She Organized for Less Privileged

Mrs Ruth Ezekiel Mandyau Wife of the Management Committee Chairman of Barkin Ladi Local Government Council, Hon. Barr. Ezekiel Mandyau today 1st January, 2020 organized Orphans New Year Funfair in Barkin Ladi LGA, Plateau State in order to celebrate with the less privileged.

Mrs. Mandyau said she is delighted to see how the orphans came out in large number to celebrate the new year.

She said the idea behind the event was to give the less privileged a sense of belonging, demonstrate love and empathy in line with Biblical requirements. Mrs. Ruth Mandyau said her husband is making plans to enroll the orphans to school so as to make them useful to themselves and society in the future.
She said she is touched by their present predicament and encouraged them to remain focused and look up to God who is the Father to the fatherless.
She admonished them not to allow the circumstances surrounding them discourage them from attaining their full potentials in life.

She encouraged them to remain godly all the time and said she and her husband are also Orphans yet that has not stopped them from assisting the less privileged.

She admonished them to do more to the needy when they grow up and have opportunities.

She called on well spirited individuals and NGOs to step in to assist them in the area of their education and other needs. She said the area has a lot of Orphans and less privileged on account the violent crisis that affected many communities.

She thanked the First Lady of the State and her husband the Executive Governor, Rt. Hon. Bako Lalong for the supports they are giving them.
She also appreciated her husband for the unflinching supports accorded her in organizing the event.

She said her initial intention is to have 300 orphans but was overwhelmed by over 500 who came to celebrate the new year.

The event which held at Barkin Ladi Youth Centre was well attended by over 500 Orphans, Education Secretary of the Area, Wife of the Commissioner of Science & Technology, former Deputy Chairman of B/Ladi LGC, Wives of Councillors in the Area, other women and youths in the area.

The well dressed orphans were later given gifts which include School materials by the Wife of the Chairman.

Current affair questions were asked the orphans and those who answered correctly were rewarded accordingly.

Some of the orphans interviewed thanked the Wife of the Council Boss for the event and the gifts given them. They wished her the best in her endeavors.

The event climaxed with the cutting of a New Year cake by the First Lady of the Local Government Area with the orphans even as she wined and dined with them.