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  • COWLSO lifts hospitals with equipment

    The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) yesterday fitted four general hospitals – Ikorodu, Ifako-Ijaiye, Badagry and Gbagada – with ultra-modern Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and neo-natal hearing screening equipment.

    The project was the focus of COWLSO’s health intervention for 2017.

    The ICUs were equipped with state-of-the-art facilities such as humidifier, multi-parameter monitors, portable multi-parameter monitor and volumetric infusion pump.

    Others included portable suction unit, blood fluid/warmer, automatic external defibrillator, marquet servo air intensive care ventilators, ICU beds, pressure relief mattress and pump, among others.

    Presenting the equipment at the Lagos Island Maternity, wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman of the Committee, Mrs Bolanle Ambode, explained that late referral of emergency baby delivery cases from traditional birth attendants and faith-based homes to government’s health facilities, had become a major challenge requiring the services of an ICU to save endangered mothers and their babies.

    COWLSO, she said, would continue to partner the government, to end mother and child mortality.

    Mrs Ambode said: “Now and then, we hear of many pregnant women and their babies dying of conditions such as pregnancy-induced hypertension, convulsion or shock arising from post-delivery bleeding. A good number of such cases come in extreme conditions, which without the existence of a well-equipped intensive care unit, death seems inevitable for the mother, baby or both’.

    “Here lies the wisdom in COWLSO’s intervention in upgrading and strengthening the existing High Dependency Unit, to an ultra-modern Intensive Care Unit, to cope with increased number and complexity of emergency cases.”

    The gesture by the committee, she said, had the potential to save mothers and babies, as well as ease financial pressure on families.

  • Photos: COWLSO presents car to winner of 2016 NWC raffle draw

    Photos: COWLSO presents car to winner of 2016 NWC raffle draw

    Wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (2nd left), with winners of the COWLSO National Women Conference 2016 Raffle Draw - 1st position, Mrs. Risikat Adekunle (right); 2nd position, Alhaja Mopelola Ologolo (2nd right) and 3rd position, Mrs. Folake Fakolujo (left)
    Wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (2nd left), with winners of the COWLSO National Women Conference 2016 Raffle Draw – 1st position, Mrs. Risikat Adekunle (right); 2nd position, Alhaja Mopelola Ologolo (2nd right) and 3rd position, Mrs. Folake Fakolujo (left)

     

    Wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (2nd right), presenting a brand new saloon car to the 3rd runner-up of the 2016 NWC Raffle Draw, Mrs. Folake Fakolujo (right), at the weekend. With them are the 2016 COWLSO National Women Conference Planning Committee members
    Wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (2nd right), presenting a brand new saloon car to the 3rd runner-up of the 2016 NWC Raffle Draw, Mrs. Folake Fakolujo (right), at the weekend. With them are the 2016 COWLSO National Women Conference Planning Committee members.

     

    Wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (3rd left), supported by the 2016 COWLSO National Women’s Conference Planning Committee, presenting a brand new saloon car to the 2nd runner-up of the 2016 NWC Raffle Draw, Alhaja Mopelola Ologolo (middle).
    Wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (3rd left), supported by the 2016 COWLSO National Women’s Conference Planning Committee, presenting a brand new saloon car to the 2nd runner-up of the 2016 NWC Raffle Draw, Alhaja Mopelola Ologolo (middle).

     

    Wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (2nd left), presenting the star prize, a brand new saloon car to the winner of the 2016 NWC Raffle Draw, Mrs. Risikat Adekunle (middle)
    Wife of Lagos State Governor and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (2nd left), presenting the star prize, a brand new saloon car to the winner of the 2016 NWC Raffle Draw, Mrs. Risikat Adekunle (middle)
  • Ambode pledges to empower women

    Ambode pledges to empower women

    …says govt will establish more skill acquisition centres

    Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has pledged that his administration will pursue programmes and policies that will empower women to be self-reliant, especially through the provision of financial facilities and capacity building.

    The Governor made the pledge on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the 2015 National Women Conference, organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) with the theme, ‘Relevance in Economic Turbulence’.

    He said the state government has recognised its female population of over eleven million and has continued to increase budgetary provision for women through the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, adding that his administration will continue in this line and create more platforms for women engagement.

    He said his administration will establish more skill acquisition centres to equip women to take charge of their destiny and show their relevance in the present economic turbulence.

    Noting the efforts already made by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), he said “The creation of our new Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment is to complement the achievements already made by the Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA).”

    He also added that in recognition of the important role women play in the state, his administration has already put in place policies to protect and secure them.

    “This administration is committed more than ever before to uphold the rule of law and ensure that the law against domestic violence and abuse including rape against our teenage girls are brought to the fore. We are already on the right path in our battle against rapists and the need to protect rape victims”, he said.

    The Governor said his government has embarked on a five-year maternal mortality rate reduction programme and an integrated maternal new born and child health strategy as part of efforts to revitalize the public healthcare system with a view to providing free maternal healthcare in all the communities in the state.

    “We believe strongly that our women must be encouraged and properly enabled so that our nation can benefit more from their immense potential. At this critical moment of economic challenge, we cannot afford to leave our women behind. To do so, will be like a bird that attempts to fly with one wing”, he said.

    Governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Atiku Bagudu, shortly before declaring the conference open, commended Mrs Bolanle Ambode on her assumption of the leadership of COWLSO, which he said comprises of women who are committed to ensuring the success of their husbands in delivering the dividends of democracy to the people of the state.

    “Given the array of experienced and seasoned personalities that will facilitate the various sessions, I have no doubt in my mind that this edition of the conference will achieve the objectives of the organizers”, he said.

    Earlier in her welcome address, Chairman of COWLSO, Mrs Ambode, said the Conference was line with government’s vision of providing a platform for women to contribute positively to the development to families, communities and the nation.

    She said the theme of the conference was a clarion call to women to be prepared and sensitive to the economic situation in Nigeria and the world.

  • Fashola’s wife supports ailing Sofowote

    Fashola’s wife supports ailing Sofowote

    The of Lagos State, Dame Abimbola Fashola, has supported efforts to raise N35 million to save the life of Mrs. Motunlayo Adefunke Sofowote, founder/president of Glowing Channels Foundation, who is battling cervical cancer in a German hospital.

    She spoke at Freedom Park, Broad Street in Lagos, while opening a one-week photo exhibition organised to raise funds for her treatment.

    Mrs. Fashola said she was supporting the effort as chairman of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), an organisation  providing succour for needy children, women with breast and cervical cancer.

    Mrs Fashola said Mrs. Sofowote would not have been going through her bitter experiences if she had been going for yearly screening.

    “I do my screening every year; that was how the symptom of what could have become a debilitating case of cancer was detected years ago,” she said.

    Dr. Jemilade Longe, Director of Disease Control in the Lagos State Ministry of Health, who represented the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Leke Pitan, praised organisers of the exhibition, the Adefunke Sofowote Cancer-Fighting Fund Team, saying it is the most appropriate way to fight cancer.”

    Managing Partner of CEP Nigeria Ltd and immediate past president of Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), Mr. Joseph Olusegun Ajanlekoko, described Mrs. Sofowote as a quintessential lady, adding:  “She is a charming personality; she epitomises womanhood. She is always concerned with helping the needy and making people laugh.”

    Leader of the Adefunke Sofowote Cancer-Fighting Fund Team, Dr. Lateef Adewale Ogunbadejo, said Mrs. Sofowote chose the theme of the exhibition: ‘She Lives On!’

  • COWLSO spends N42m on cancer patients

    The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) has expended about N42million on the treatment of 35 female cancer patients in the state, wife of the state governor, Dame Abimbola Fashola, said yesterday

    She briefed reporters on the forthcoming national conference being organised by the body, which she said, was aimed at improving women’s’ lives in the state.

    Fashola, who is the chairman of the committee, said the 13th edition, with the theme,” See Beyond Today: Enhance the Quality of life”, would showcase positive aspects of life to the women.

    She said: “We have sponsored 600 women to undergo breast and cervical cancer screening and supported the renovation of the Oncology Building at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) with about N2.4million. Cancer is a major health threat to women and we believe by supporting the diagnosis and treatment of this disease, especially in our state, COWLSO will be helping to save lives,” she said.

    Mrs Fashola added that COWLSO would continue passionately support the development efforts of the state government through self-funding.

    Harping on the essence of the forthcoming conference she said it was being organised to empower the Nigerian woman through information and ideas.

    She said the Gombe State Governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Dankwabo and his Edo counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, would be special guests at the conference.