Lagos to advertise gender equality, create enabling surroundings for girls’s success

The Lagos State authorities has stated that it’s poised to assist the feminine gender with the enabling surroundings to compete favourably with their male counterparts.

The secretary to the federal government, Bimbo Salu-Hundeyin, disclosed this in an interview with journalists in Lagos.

She spoke on the sidelines of the Eloy Awards and Convention held on Friday night time.

Ms Salu-Hundeyin stated {that a} nearer take a look at the appointments made by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration confirmed that the state authorities was taking gender stability very significantly.

In accordance with her, the federal government has put lots of initiatives on the bottom, together with expertise acquisition and empowerment, to make sure that the voices of girls within the state are heard and amplified.

The SSG stated that what she had seen within the awards confirmed that Nigerian girls had been resilient and able to do their greatest to maximise their potential.

“That is actually nice. I really assume the convener of the awards deserves an award herself as a result of she is actually doing properly.

On among the issues carried out by the state on feminine gender affirmation, the SSG stated: “Lagos State is already doing so many issues.

“Already, the state authorities has given recognition to the great issues carried out by the awards by asking the SSG to be current at this occasion.

“Lagos is the one state in Nigeria at present, and I say this free of charge, that has within the civil service, the everlasting secretaries 50 per cent girls, 50 per cent with males.

“We imagine in gender equality and inclusiveness.”

The Eloy Awards and Convention is an award for girls excelling of their fields of labor.

It was established by Tewa Onasanya in 2009.

Numerous classes of awards got to younger girls from all walks of life on the occasion.

(NAN)