Date: 2020-04-22

The wife of former Senate President and former governor of Kwara state, Mrs. Toyin Saraki has congratulated the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu Gambari on his 80th birthday...

A prominent global health advocate, healthcare philanthropist, Saraki is the Founder-President of Wellbeing Foundation Africa, WBFA. She is also a philanthropist with two decades of advocacy covering maternal, newborn and child health, gender-based discrimination and violence, as well as a global health advocate of Sustainable Development Goals in Nigeria.

Reposted from @toyinsaraki It is an honour and a privilege to wish His Royal Highness The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Mai-Martaba Alhaji (Dr) Ibrahim Kolapo Zulqarnain Gambari CFR a very happy birthday today.?

? As our preeminent Royal Father in Kwara State, I deeply appreciate the fatherly kindness and encouragement which his Royal Highness has unfailingly extended towards my humble self and the activities of @wellbeingafrica established in 2004 as then First Lady of Kwara State.?

? From our humble beginnings, His Royal Highness has remained a veritable fountain of wisdom, guidance and sound counsel. Amongst many other impactful activities, we set up the Alaafia Kwara Indigent Medical Fund, Positive Lifeline PLWHA Program, Twins and Multiple Births Assistance Initiatives. Throughout the Alaafia Kwara's interventions to rehabilitate the then Childrens' Reception Centre Gaa Akanbi for Orphans and Vulnerable Children, we restored the green ecosystem and recreational functionality of the Ilorin Amusement Park with the donation of a playground, Children’s Ward, Nursing Station, Water Sanitation and Hygiene WASH Facilities and Playroom to the Childrens’ Specialist Hospital Centre Igboro.?

? I continue to appreciate the endorsement of HRH The Emir upon @wellbeingafrica, as well as Johnson & Johnson Global Health and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine's EmONC Program as we improve the availability and quality of maternity and newborn care through training of healthworkers in the signs and signals, and quality improvement in emergency obstetric and newborn skills. I am grateful for the donation of EmONC skills Laboratories at selected Health Facilities throughout the 16 Local Government Areas of Kwara State from 2015 to date.? – #regrann