Sanwo-Olu reaffirms commitment to women’s innovation, leadership

Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has reaffirmed the government’s committedness to implementing impactful policies and partnerships that empower women successful innovation and enactment roles.

Sanwo-Olu stated this connected Tuesday astatine the Lagos State Ministry of Women and Poverty Alleviation’s flagship conference, ‘WAPA Connect,’ held successful Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the taxable of the league is ‘Investing successful Lagos Women, Investing successful Growth.’

Represented by his Deputy, Mr Obafemi Hamzat, Sanwo-Olu said the lawsuit reflects his administration’s imaginativeness for an inclusive, innovative, and prosperous Lagos.

“WAPA Connect Conference is our flagship 2025 event, uniting authorities officials, civilian society, backstage assemblage partners, and mundane women crossed Lagos.

“This year’s taxable underscores our beardown committedness to making policies applicable and impactful, ensuring measurable outcomes for women’s empowerment crossed Lagos State,” helium said.

He explained that the authorities precocious launched the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) Policy Roadmap, aligning with its docket to dismantle systemic barriers to women’s economical participation.

“Our purpose is to beforehand the WEE Roadmap by executing programmes that payment women and girls portion integrating them into Lagos’ economy.

“We are committed to improving information connected women’s participation, portion strengthening alliances with NGOs, women-led organisations, and stakeholders delivering effectual empowerment programmes,” Sanwo-Olu said.

He commended the Commissioner and WAPA unit for their dedication to engaging women and girls done divers empowerment initiatives.

Earlier, Mrs. Bolaji Dada, Commissioner for WAPA, described the programme arsenic a unsocial level that enables women from each backgrounds to connect, network, and research opportunities.

She said the taxable was a reminder of the immense benefits nine derives erstwhile women are empowered and supported.

“Such forums physique bridges crossed industries and generations, fostering collaboration and enactment that inspires women to imagination bigger, purpose higher, and execute greater.

“This taxable reminds america that empowering women transforms lives, multiplies opportunities, strengthens families, expands businesses, and drives maturation successful Lagos State’s economy,” she added.

She emphasized that each naira invested successful a pistillate is an concern successful maturation for her family, business, and the broader nationalist economy.

Dada highlighted that since Sanwo-Olu’s medication began, WAPA had empowered susceptible women done abbreviated and semipermanent skills acquisition initiatives.

She listed immoderate initiatives, specified arsenic the Micro Enterprise Support Initiative (MESI), Life Skills and Economic Empowerment Programme (LEEP), and Invest successful Women successful Agriculture.

She added that WAPA’s ‘Purple Project,’ supporting survivors of home and gender-based violence, had offered counselling, ineligible aid, and empowerment enactment to rebuild lives.

“Since inception, 28,913 students person graduated from our skills acquisition centres, with 70 per cent of MESI beneficiaries empowered with enactment tools.

“At our Avia workplace successful Badagry, 5,494 women person been trained successful cassava cultivation, rootlike farming, thenar lipid production, and food farming,” she said.

According to her, these initiatives person strengthened nutrient information and created employment opportunities successful Lagos State.

Dada commended the authorities government’s continuous support, stressing that WAPA’s achievements bespeak Governor Sanwo-Olu’s imaginativeness of placing women astatine the bosom of development.

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