At the event held at the Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Sanwo-Olu said the campaign was a clarion call on the male gender to sign up to this initiative because “it is an idea that the society as a whole stand to benefit from.
“Women are endowed with incredible potentials that the society needs to harness to achieve optimum level of development. As the Chief Executive of Lagos State and one who believes in the critical role of women in advancing the socio-economic development of our State, I am proud to accept the responsibility to lead this campaign as an ambassador for the cause of Women in Lagos State.”
The governor stated that Lagos State had been in the forefront of promoting gender equality through its policy of zero tolerance for gender based discrimination and protection of women and the girl child against violence, sexual harassment, rape and trafficking.
He said in addition, issues of women empowerment and equal opportunity for both genders were part of the cardinal policies of this administration, saying that just a couple of weeks ago, 1,050 vulnerable women and a few men benefitted from the administration’s empowerment programme which it had decided to be doing on a quarterly basis.
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