Minister Hails Ogun Government On Pace-setting Initiatives For Women

The Minister of Women Affairs, Hajia Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, has lauded the Ogun State Government for its trailblazing efforts successful protecting the susceptible and empowering women.

She gave the commendation during her one-day moving sojourn to Abeokuta, Ogun State, wherever she inspected cardinal women-focused projects and besides launched the Olowu Hope Initiative Women’s Association Fund.

In the aforesaid vein, the State’s Commissioner for Women Affairs, Adijat Motunrayo Adeleye, described the sojourn of the curate arsenic “an affirmation of courageousness and solidarity,” noting that the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) stands arsenic a rebuke to each enactment of unit against women.

She stressed that portion Ogun State has lit the occurrence of empowerment, greater national enactment was needed to grow involution projects, grassroots awareness, and survivor-focused programmes.

The minister, astatine the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), Asero, Abeokuta, praised the State Government for establishing a harmless abstraction for survivors of intersexual and gender-based violence.

“This centre stands arsenic a fortress of healing wherever tears are wiped, voices are restored, and lives are rebuilt. Ogun State has go a gait setter successful protecting the vulnerable, and I telephone connected different states to emulate this model,” she said.

The Minister further expressed appreciation to President Bola Tinubu for empowering Nigerian women and creating an enabling situation for them to thrive nether the Renewed Hope Agenda.

She added that done the concern betwixt the Ministry and the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) led by CG Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, survivors successful Ogun State were empowered with 50 bags of rice, two-and-a-half bales of Ankara fabrics, and ₦2 cardinal successful fiscal support.

She besides utilized the juncture to accent the value of household cohesion, urging mothers to prioritize their homes and families arsenic the instauration of a steadfast nation.

She condemned kid trafficking and advised Nigerians seeking opportunities overseas to usage lone harmless and regular channels. “We request continuous sensitization, but much importantly, we indispensable stay committed to staying backmost and gathering Nigeria together,” she emphasized.

The Minister besides visited the Olowu of Owu Kingdom, Oba Prof. Saka Adelola Matemilola Oluyalo (Otileta VII), wherever she joined successful the motorboat of the Olowu Hope Initiative Women’s Association Fund, aimed astatine empowering women to lend meaningfully to the nationalist economy.

Sharing successful the affluent taste practice of the Owu people, the Minister danced to accepted songs alongside the Olowu’s wives, describing the acquisition arsenic memorable and inspiring. In enactment of the launch, she donated ₦2 million, 50 bags of rice, and Ankara fabrics, besides facilitated done the Nigerian Customs partnership.

She was accompanied by the First Lady of Ogun State, Bamidele Abiodun, and the State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Motunrayo Adeleye-Oladipo, who some reaffirmed their committedness to advancing the payment of women and children successful the state.

In her invited remarks, Adeleye described the Minister’s sojourn arsenic “an affirmation of courageousness and solidarity,” noting that the SARC stands arsenic a rebuke to each enactment of unit against women. She stressed that portion Ogun State has lit the occurrence of empowerment, greater national enactment is needed to grow involution projects, grassroots awareness, and survivor-focused programmes.

The Minister, visibly touched by the hospitality she received, expressed gratitude to the radical of Ogun State. “The lukewarm reception of the Owu radical and the Gateway State volition stay with me. I look guardant to returning again and again to stock successful the joy, resilience, and prosperity of these hardworking women,” she said.