Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has
stressed the need to ensure that responsibilities and opportunities are given to people irrespective of whether they are born male or female, saying advancement of gender policies would help to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The governor stated this at the WAPA Connect 2022 conference with the theme, ‘The Emerging Total Woman’ organised by the Ministry for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation.
Sanwo-Olu said, “The conference was initiated in pursuance of this administration’s commitment to optimally harness the potentials of both the male and female genders knowing fully that this is the sure path to attaining our full growth and development potentials as a state.
“It is also a testament to the policy of inclusiveness which our administration is strongly committed to upholding. The adopted theme of this year’s conference ‘The Emerging Total Woman’ speaks to the changing dynamics driven by the new thinking of the 21st Century as well as the new challenge women have to overcome to play the role expected of them conscientiously.”
