*Oyo NASoW inaugurates new leaders
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
National President of Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASoW), Alhaji Mashood Mustapha has tasked members of the association to continue to raise more awareness about social work in the country
Alhaji Mustapha said this at the 2024 World Social Work Day. World Social Work Day held at the Social Development Staff Training Center, Samonda Ibadan.
Represented by the NASoW National Public Relations Officer, (PRO), Comrade Musliudeen Adebayo, the National President declared that Social Work Day is celebrated throughout the world so as to celebrate the tremendous achievements of Social Workers across the globe and to raise awareness about Social Work.
” Let me use this medium to felicitate and celebrate the achievements of social workers across the world and Nigeria in particular as we witness another World Social Work Day today. I hereby admonish us to continue to raise awareness about Social Work”, he said.
Alhaji Mustapha added, “We should continue to enlighten people about Social Work practice wherever we find ourselves because we can only blow our own trumpet, no one can do it for us.
“I am here to deliver a message from NASoW National President, Alhaji Mashood Mustapha. He told me to congratulate all of us on the occasion of 2024 World Social Work Day. World Social Work Day is celebrated across the globe every third Tuesday of March and today is another World Social Work Day. Social Work Day is celebrated throughout the world so as to celebrate the tremendous achievements of Social Workers across the globe and to raise awareness about Social Work”.
Delivering her paper titled, “Buen Vivir: Appraising Social Work Practice for Transformative Change”, the Head of Department of Sociology, Psychology Criminology and Social Work, Lead City University Ibadan, Dr. Jane Adebusuyi tasked social workers in the country to be safety conscious so as to reduce occupational hazards.
Dr. Adebusuyi emphasized that there is the need for social workers to go extra to protect themselves as there are some occupational hazard, adding, “Nothing stops you to go extra to protect yourself. There are some occupational hazard. You need to protect yourself.
” Don’t wait until you are infected. Wherever you are going for a home visit, you need to request for security cover. Social Work is a problem solving profession. Social work operates in a world in crisis which is evidenced by thousands of people who die daily from violent conflict; millions who are displaced of wars and violence or climate warming and environment destruction”.
Speaking, the former NASoW Chairperson in Oyo State, Mrs Christiana Abioye, said Social Workers are trained professionals who are devoted to helping individuals, vulnerable people, families, groups and communities work through challenges they face in everyday life and enhance their individual and collective well- being.
Mrs Abioye noted that social workers are change agents, problem solvers, critical thinkers, facilitators, advocators, counselors, clinicians, organizers, activists, planners, politicians, lobbyist, writers and researchers, saying, ” Social Workers include but are not limited to: change agents, problem solvers, critical thinkers, facilitators, advocators, counselors, clinicians, organizers, activists, planners, politicians, lobbyist, writers, and researchers”.
“Social Work professionals are trained professionals who are devoted to helping individuals, vulnerable people, families, groups and communities work through challenges they face in everyday life and enhance their individual and collective well- being”.
The new Oyo State NASoW executive including Mr. Ayodele Adegoke Mutair (Chairman), Omokunmi Abiola Funmilayo (Secretary), Sonuga Adebisi Oyeyemi (Treasurer ) Raheem Wakeel Ademola (Auditor), Yusuf Olanrewaju Uthman (Public Relations Officer), Tijani Tawakalitu Abdullahi (Welfare Officer) and Ogunyemi Adeleke Idowu (Programme Officer) were inaugurated.
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