Osun State Governor, Mr Gboyega Oyetola has inaugurated Gender-Based Management Committee.
Performing the inauguration in Osogbo, Governor Oyetola said the initiative was in furtherance of the government’s commitment to ensure a deserved place for women and children in the state.
Lamenting the surge of anti-women and children crimes in the country, the governor noted that the move would go a long way to give them the latitude to achieve their dreams and potential.
He urged members of the newly inaugurated committee to carry out their task with the highest level of integrity, trust, dedication, patriotism and diligence
In her remarks, the chairman of Gender-Based Management Committee and wife of the Governor, Mrs. Kafayat Oyetola maintained that women and children constitute major part of the world population, and they deserve to be treated as important people.
She lauded Governor Oyetola for keeping his promise of supporting the fight against gender based violence in the state.
On his part, the Speaker Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye expressed the need to continue to name and shame perpetrators of rape and other gender-based violence in the state.
Wasiu Ajadosu
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