In the spirit of festive season , one of the leading radio stations in Oyo State, Agidigbo FM, has kicked-off its December children party celebration in grand style, having in attendance wife of the Oyo State governor, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde.
The event was witnessed by the Chief Executive Officer of the station, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, Commissioners and dignitraries in the state with well attended children to celebrate the party.
In her remark, Mrs Makinde appreciated the Chairman, Agidigbo Group of Companies, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat for standing with the present administration in the state most especially during the electioneering period and for his doggedness and for redefining media in the state.
She further extended her profound appreciation to the station for it’s inclusivity in bringing all religions together to celebrate the December children party.
Mrs Makinde, while explaining the importance of Christmas, said it was the time to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, noting that it is the time to be grateful and be kind to one another.
She, however, admonished all to use the Christmas season to spend time with families, friends, loved ones and to exhibit the love Christ showed to the whole world.
Mrs Makinde advised parents to show love to their wards, take them out and get them gift and tell them lots of stories for them to experience the love of parents.
She further charged them to extended the same love to the less privileged this season and admonished the children to ensure they face their studies and be good children to their parents and to the state.
In his address, the Chairman Agidigbo group of companies, Alhaji Oriyomi Hamzat, extended his appreciation to the fans and supporters of Agidigbo FM for standing with the station.
While explaining the difference between the past December children’s party, he said that there is nothing new from what the station had been given to their fans but there is an improvement in what the station will be given to it ardent supporters.
“We upgraded our gift something about Agidigbo is this what the children truly need, we gave them school bags, flask, those things we believe they need not what they will eat and throw away the pack, what we did is that if you give N3,000 we will give you the gift that worth N5,000.
“I normally subsidized the children gift annually, this year they gave N5,000 and we are giving them gift that worth N8,000.”
“Apart from the raffle draw, in the raffle draw we have 30 plots of Lands, we Canada Visa, Car gift, we have alot of standing fans and with 100 bags of Rice, those are the gifts and many more to share this year and scholarships.”
Hamzat denied having partner supporting the station in all the numerous gift giving out to the children, saying that making the children happy would bring down God’s blessings.
“The irony of it is that those that are not given as much as we are given got partners, but for Agidigbo we don’t have any partner.”
“We believe that we are using last month of the year to celebrate children and we give out from what we have because we believe if we make them happy, obviously God will bless us.”
He further called for peace and religious harmony between Christians and Muslims for peace to reign in the state.
Hamzat assured the listeners of Agidigbo group to continue serving them better in order to continue the good relationship that has been established between them.
“My goodwill message is this, here we are celebrating children’s carnival not Christmas Carol or Father’s Christmas show, we are celebrating children’s carnival for the inclusiveness of both Muslims and Christians children.”
“If you don’t believe in Father Christmas that does not deprive you the right of what Agidigbo is given out to the children.”
“So if you believe in Father Christmas, Father Christmas is there for you.”
“Our message is that if you believe in God, is between you and God, if you don’t believe in God is not my problem, just let us live in peace.”
“So for Muslims children and other children to come together and set religion apart, let us live and enjoy ourselves.”
“In Agidigbo we don’t have stars but we are family, my family is given you the assurance of doing better than what we have been doing before now.”
“We are extending now to Ogun State and to Lagos State.”
“In the year 2024 we are opening our Ogun state and Lagos state branches by his grace, we have what it take within us already.”
“Our fans should get ready for more fantastic and unequivocal programmes from the radio stations that are ready to change the narration finally,” he said.
