LASG HOSTS Y2024 WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY TO EMPOWER, CELEBRATE WOMEN. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.
LASG HOSTS Y2024 WOMEN'S ASSEMBLY TO EMPOWER, CELEBRATE WOMEN Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to advancing and empowering women, describing them as the pillars of communities, contributing in numerous ways as mothers, entrepreneurs, educators and leaders. Governor Sanwo-Olu stated this in his keynote address at the 2024 Women's Assembly for Local Government and Local Council Development Areas organised by the Ministry of Women's Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA) at the De Blue Roof, LTV 8 complex, Agindigbi Ikeja. The Governor, represented by the Secretary to the State Governor, Bimbola Salu-Hundeyin, described the Assembly as a critical platform for celebrating women’s contributions and tackling challenges affecting their well-being. He restated his administration’s commitment to prioritising women through policies and programmes aimed at economic empowerment, political inclusion, and grassroots engag...
Twenty police officers of various ranks have been sanctioned for misconduct between November 2015 and March 2016.CSP Abayomi Shogunle,the officer in charge of the police Complaint Response Unit {CRU} disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria {NAN} in Abuja yesterday wednesday.Shogunle explained that the sanction followed complaints received from members of the public during the period under review.''In the report we released in the first 100 days an up till now,about 20 officers of different ranks have been sanctioned across the country.They have gone through the various disciplinary procedures in the force and it will be counterproductive if i start mentioning the names of such officers''.Shogunle said between January and March,the unit received and processed 1,054 complaints from across the 36 states and FCT.Giving the breakdown,Shogunle stated that Lagos state tops the complaint chart with 239 complaints representing 22.68 per cent of the total.He said FCT followed with 190 complaints representing 18.03 per cent,while Rivers trailed with 100 complaints or 9.49 per cent.Shogunle said the unit received only one complaint each from Ekiti,Sokoto,and Yobe states respectively,representing 0.09 per cent.He said 899 cases of the complaints received had been resolved following investigations,with 96 found to be false,while 69 were pending.Shogunle said that during the period under review,21 distress calls were received by the unit.He said that there was consistent decline in complaints from Ebonyi,Benue,Oyo,FCT,Zamfara,Ogun,Bayelsa,Niger,Ondo and Yobe states.Shogunle attributed the decline in complaints to sanctions meted out to erring personnel.He said the unit would make recommendation to the Inspector General of Police on steps to take to check misconduct among policemen.''We are still studying the reports and in the coming days we are going to make appropriate recommendations to the Inspector General of Police on how the situation can best be addressed.I can conveniently say that the CRU has significantly changed the way members of the public and police interact with each other''.He urged the public to report any misconduct by policemen through the unit.One more photo below. 
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