Erelu Bisi Fayemi, the First Lady of Ekiti State, paid a special visit to a couple blessed with triplets at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital in Ado-Ekiti.
The triplets are the first children of retired Anglican Priest Venerable Hezekiah Akenroye, 71, and his wife, Mrs Durodoluwa Felicia Akenroye, 45, who married in April 2016.
The babies were born on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, to the septuagenarian clergyman’s wife. They were 2.3kg, 2.0kg, and 1.8kg in weight, respectively.
Mrs Fayemi gave the babies cash and material gifts and urged the parents to raise their children in the Lord’s way.
She said the birth of the triplets to the couple is evidence that God answers prayers.
Congratulating the couple, she advised couples looking for children not to lose hope and keep believing in God.
The 71-year-old Venerable Akenroye appreciated the first lady for her kind gesture while expressing his happiness for being blessed with the triplets after many years of waiting.
He admitted he never believed God can still make him a father in life, stressing that God’s time is always the best.