President Bola Tinubu commended fathers on Sunday for their dedication and strength in influencing the country’s future. He urged fathers to stay devoted to molding the next generation’s futures. This was shared in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, in observance of the 2024 Father’s Day.
The statement read:
“On the occasion of Father’s Day, President Bola Tinubu congratulates fathers, including all paternal figures, who have in no small measure contributed to shaping the destiny of the nation by their sacrifice, forbearance, provision, protection, presence, and guidance of the young ones to the noble and true path.”
“President Tinubu affirms that society is in better stead with fathers who rise to the great demand of responsibility, guiding the children through the vagaries of existence and preparing them for the future, as well as bequeathing to them pristine values that money or material comfort cannot provide, but only by personal example of discipline, integrity, service, respect, love and allegiance to the nation.”
“The President salutes all fathers, the sung and the unsung, who brave the toil of the day and the soreness of the night to provide for their families, describing them as true heroes.”
Tinubu encouraged fathers to remain dedicated to shaping the futures of their children. Father’s Day, celebrated on June 16, has roots in the Middle Ages. Its modern form started in West Virginia, USA, in 1908, to honor 362 men who died in a coal mine explosion. The day honors all fathers, both living and deceased, and father figures.
