<p>Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday acknowledged the role of women in building the home front and the nation, saying they have the capacity to solve myriad of challenges confronting the country.</p>



<p>Sanwo-Olu, who spoke while declaring open a three-day
workshop on Protocol, Ethics and Security for members of the Committee of Wives
of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) held at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria
Island, said women are multi-talented and naturally equipped with capability to
undertake various things at the same time and get good result.</p>



<p>A statement signed by Gboyega Akosile, spokeman to the
governor, Sanwo-Olu stated further that  ;“Even as we speak, this country has many
challenges and because you are our mothers and you are our spouses, we believe
that God has given you that capacity to be able to help us take this country to
another level.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://openlife.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wives.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-2532"/><figcaption> <strong>Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (3<sup>rd</sup> right) flanked by his wife Dr. Mrs Ibijoke (2<sup>nd</sup> right); Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat (3<sup>rd</sup> left) and others during a group photograph at a 3-Day Workshop on Protocol, Security and Ethics for Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) at Eko Hotel &; Suites, Victoria Island</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>“We know that whilst we have many things to deal with, we
can only do one thing at a time but women are multi-talented; you are
multi-skilled; you are the ones that can breastfeed and be making pounded yam
while also preparing Egusi soup and ensuring that kids go to school. Above all,
you make money for the family and your businesses are still thriving.”</p>



<p>He  ;said the
country was at a state where everybody needs to come together and take the
issue of safety and preventing disasters more seriously, especially in terms of
avoiding acts that could have devastating consequences on the general public.</p>



<p>“Unfortunately in the period that we are, we have seen
very harsh weather and when we started in December, we brought out notices and
advocacy telling people in the markets to be careful because it is a season
where we are going to have back to back fire incidents and so we have to be
very careful.</p>



<p>“Don’t bring petrol to your shop; don’t bring petrol or
diesel to your homes unnecessarily because it can cause combustion. The weather
is very harsh, it can lead to fire outbreak. We thank God that we have a
first-class response team in Lagos as each of those incidents were happening,
we were able to curtail them. However there is a need for people to be more
safety conscious,” he said.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://openlife.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wives1.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-2535"/><figcaption><strong> <br> Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; his wife Dr. Mrs Ibijoke and Lagos Commissioner for Police, Mr. Hakeem Odumosu during a 3-Day Workshop on Protocol, Security and Ethics for Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) at Eko Hotel &; Suites, Victoria Island, on Friday </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The Governor commended security operatives for making the
state stable security-wise despite the challenges in that regard, just as he
urged women to take cleanliness of their homes and environments more seriously
to tackle CoronaVirus and other diseases.</p>



<p>“Covid-19 (CoronaVirus) is a global health issue. We are
thankful that God has also raised Lagos State up at this time again and as we
speak, we have been able to curtail it and because we are also very prayerful,
we believe that God will also help us because we don’t need such distraction in
our country.</p>



<p>“More importantly, this is just a wakeup call that we
should live a healthy life; we should live a life where we raise the
cleanliness of our environment and our personal hygiene up. As mothers, you
must teach the children to learn how to keep the environment clean and wash
their hands well; don’t sneeze anyhow and clean up the environment always,” he
said.</p>



<p>Besides, Sanwo-Olu commended the founding mothers of
COWLSO and former First Ladies for the initiative of the Committee which had
positively impacted the state, just as he lauded his wife, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke
Sanwo-Olu who is the current chairman of the Committee for raising the bar and
holding the baton well to make the organization better, bigger and stronger.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://openlife.ng/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Wives3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-2533"/><figcaption> <strong>Lagos Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his wife Dr. Mrs Ibijoke, during a 3-Day Workshop on Protocol, Security and Ethics for Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) at Eko Hotel &; Suites, Victoria Island, on Friday</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>He, however, urged participants at the workshop to
participate fully in all the sessions, network properly and ensure that they
have something positive to take back and reflect.</p>



<p>Also speaking, Deputy Governor, Dr Kadri Obafemi Hamzat
equally commended the leadership of COWLSO for continuing the tradition of
excellence of the organization, saying it was on record that the organization
initiated many good things in the state including the Spelling Bee Competition,
One Day Governor, the annual National Women Conference, among others.</p>



<p>He also spoke on the restriction of commercial
motorcycle, popularly known as Okada and tricycle (Keke Marwa), saying that the
decision was informed by the need to move against the risks posed to safety of
lives and property.</p>



<p>He said intelligence report confirmed that Okada was
being used to deliver drugs to students in schools, while the quality of air in
the state had since improved.</p>



<p>“By restricting Okada, you know CNN (Cable News Network)
normally does Air Quality Update across the world and if you have noticed,
Lagos was persistently on number five which is the worst and even Libya is on
one but yesterday, we were on two. It is not Lagos State report, it is CNN
report.</p>



<p>“Those machines are two-stroke engines therefore they
release a lot of pollution and so the restriction will allow us to breath in
good air and in the process make all of us to live longer,” Hamzat said.</p>

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