Wife of Lagos State governor, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu has urged people in the private sector and public spirited individuals to team up with the government to fashion out programmes to improve the lot of the youth in the society.
At the graduation of a summer coaching programme organised by Wuraolami Foundation titled: “Impact and inspire summer programme for social correctional centre for girls in Idi-Araba, Mushin, Lagos, Dr Sanwo-Olu, said youths constituted 60 percent of the population.
She said international policies and programmes for them must be implemented to adequately take care of the younger generation.
The governor’s wife who was represented by Mrs Comfort Adeleke wife of Reverend Bukola Adeleke the Special Adviser to Lagos State governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Christian Religious Affairs stated that government must continue to play its part, noting that it was also a statement of fact that government cannot singlehandedly handle the myriads of challenges confronting all the strata of the society.
She said, “Hence we need from the private sectors, multinational agencies, non- governmental organisations, and public spirited individuals to continue to intervene and complement the efforts of the government. It is a good initiative that must be encouraged.”
The event, which was a week-long summer seminar for the inmates titled emotional intelligence, also involved awards of scholarship up to university level to 14 of the girls and also includes refurbishing of hairdressing boutiques to train the girls.
On what inspired her to organise the summer seminar, the founder of the foundation, Dame Wuraola Williams, said she set up the foundation based on some sad experience she had when growing up and God did for her.
