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  • Agency sensitises Osun vulnerable groups on rights

    The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has sensitised vulnerable groups in Osun State, particularly the people with special needs, women and children, on their rights.

    The sensitisation was facilitated by a member of the National Assembly representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency, Prof Mojeed Alabi.

    The legislator said the sensitisation was aimed at enlightening the vulnerable groups in his constituency on their rights to enable them defend themselves against perpetual oppression.

    The programme was attended by people with special needs, secondary school pupils, women and other groups from all parts of the constituency.

    ProfAlabi said if the target groups knew their rights and were encouraged to defend them, they would be bold to seek justice through legal instruments, when necessary.

    The guest speakers – Mr. Akudo Moses Okoh and Olaniyi Omodara – said women and children, as the most vulnerable, should always demand their rights.

    The resource persons highlighted different avenues through which citizens could seek redress when oppressed.

  • Group sensitises women on breast cancer

    A faith-based non-governmental organisation, Joyful Smile Foundation (JSF), last week organised a breast cancer awareness programme for no fewer than 50 women in Lagos.

    The awareness, which held at the Health Centre, Ojodu Abiodun was based on the United Nation Organisation declaration of October for breast cancer sensitisation.

    Executive director of JSF, Pastor Tola Kayode, said breast cancer was an avoidable health challenge with sufficient awareness.

    Women, according to him, can beat the breast cancer threat with enough knowledge.

    A public health educator, Mrs. Margaret Tijani, described cancer as an uncontrollable cells division of the body that could come out in lump form in the breast, armpit or shoulder.

    While stating that not lumps are cancerous, Tijani advised women to carry out breast self -examination though preliminary exercise.

    Monthly self-examination, according to her, should usually be five days after their menstrual flow.

    For women after menstruation, she advised they pick a date in the month for the examination.

    Lamenting the high incidence of breast cancer in Nigeria, Tijani stated that the condition is proving to be no respecter of age as many children have been discovered to be suffering from it.

    Tijani advised women to take prompt attention to lump in any part of their bodies and not be spiritual or religious about it.

    Some of the causes of breast cancer, according to her, are long use of contraceptives, multiple sexual partners, family history, obesity and junk foods, among others.

  • Group sensitises women on breast cancer

    A faith-based non-governmental organisation, Joyful Smile Foundation (JSF), last week organised a breast cancer awareness programme for no fewer than 50 women in Lagos.

    The awareness, which held at the Health Centre, Ojodu Abiodun was based on the United Nation Organisation declaration of October for breast cancer sensitisation.

    Executive director of JSF, Pastor Tola Kayode, said breast cancer was an avoidable health challenge with sufficient awareness.

    Women, according to him, can beat the breast cancer threat with enough knowledge.

    A public health educator, Mrs. Margaret Tijani, described cancer as an uncontrollable cells division of the body that could come out in lump form in the breast, armpit or shoulder.

    While stating that not lumps are cancerous, Tijani advised women to carry out breast self -examination though preliminary exercise.

    Monthly self-examination, according to her, should usually be five days after their menstrual flow.

    For women after menstruation, she advised they pick a date in the month for the examination.

    Lamenting the high incidence of breast cancer in Nigeria, Tijani stated that the condition is proving to be no respecter of age as many children have been discovered to be suffering from it.

    Tijani advised women to take prompt attention to lump in any part of their bodies and not be spiritual or religious about it.

    Some of the causes of breast cancer, according to her, are long use of contraceptives, multiple sexual partners, family history, obesity and junk foods, among others.

  • Council sensitises residents on health

    Council sensitises residents on health

    As part of its commitment towards ensuring safe and healthy environment for the well-being of the residents, the Executive Secretary of Oriade Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Hon. Bola Badmus–Olujobi has advised members of the public to be dedicated in their garbage generation and disposal.

    Hon. Badmus-Olujobi gave the advice during a stakeholders’ meeting held at the council’s secretariat.

    At the meeting whose theme was “Community Advocacy Review on the Private Sector Participation (PSP) and Household Refuse Collection in Lagos State”, she expressed discontent over the unbridled manner in which residents litter the environment indiscriminately without minding the health consequences.

    She said: “I implore all communities to imbibe the culture of keeping our environment clean and healthy. All of us should patronise operators of Private Sector Participation (PSP) as they are the people that Lagos State Government has commissioned to cart away our garbage as at when due. Also, all households should cultivate the habit of bagging their garbage and dropping them at the designated points. They should not patronise the cart pushers (kole-kole).

    “All community heads should try and inspect their surroundings at all times and not only on Lagos State Environmental Sanitation days.

    “I want to inform us all that Meteorological (MET) office has forecast that rainfall in latter part of this year will be heavier than that of the previous years. We should recall the recent flood disaster in Kaduna that destroyed a lot of lives and properties.

    “Let’s imbibe the culture of dislodging our gutter and stay away from littering our surroundings. I would urge us all to embrace these causes so as to stay away from communicable disease.”

    Also speaking at the event, the representative of the Lagos State Waste Management Agency (LAWMA), Mrs. O. A. Osonuga said “through the advocacy programme, we have been able to influence individual and collective behaviours on waste generation and disposal. It is a continuous enlightenment campaign. We educate on waste sorting, reduce re-use and recycling for a cleaner and healthier environment. We are joining the whole world by having recovery facility to recycle our wastes and turn them into wealth.

    “The establishment of the resource recovery facility demonstrates the state government’s resolve to ensure a clean, healthy and sustainable environment in line with the vision of the Ministry of the Environment.”

    She advised the residents to take the programme seriously as it will assist them in staying safe, noting that waste bins are placed at strategic locations, while sweepers remove litters and bags for collection. The garbage bags were distributed to residents for proper waste storage.

    Some of the residents complained about the inadequate services of waste managers in the metropolis. They said evacuation of refuse was always delayed by waste collectors.

    However, some who live in Ade-Oshodi Street, Ijegun expressed satisfaction with the performance of waste managers.

  • Council sensitises residents to health

    Council sensitises residents to health

    The Executive Secretary, Badagry West Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Hon. Joseph A. Agoro has praised Governor Akinwunmi Ambode for his commitment to the health of the residents. He said the governor’s inauguration of 20 Mobile Care Units Ambulances and 26 Transport Ambulances for general hospitals and primary health care centres was proof for this commitment.

    Hon. Agoro spoke during the sensitisation programme which the council held at Gbaji about the Lagos State Emergency Medical Service (LASEMS) and Lagos State Ambulance (LASAMBUS) unit.

    He said to ensure that all hospitals function at the optimum, Governor Ambode approved the purchase of power generating sets and X-ray machines to be installed in all general hospital to ensure that there is 24-hour power supply.

    The council chief also revealed that the governor had also approved the recruitment of more paramedic staff and special medical coordinators to ensure smooth provision of medical service for the people.

    To this end, he said, it is necessary on our part to enlighten our people on this people-oriented programme and also to let you know the importance of these programmes to our council area.

    Hon. Agoro noted that “rapid urbanisation and industrialisation of Lagos State has led to appreciable increase in the number of road traffic, industrial and marine accidents and medical emergencies. This informs government’s commitment to the strengthening of the Lagos State Emergency Medical Service (LASEMS) and establishment of the Lagos State Ambulance (LASAMBUS) in March, 2001.”

    Both services run on 24 hours a week basis and have led to significant improvement in the response time and quality of care with attendant improvement in morbidity and mortality rates occasioned by medical emergencies.

    These services cover awareness campaign on the preventive aspect of medical emergencies, including home, road, traffic and industrial accidents and how to access services; training of personnel in pre-hospital-based management of trauma and medical emergencies and effective radio communication; establishment of an effective radio communication network linking the public, LASAMBUS, LASEMS and the Ministry of Health, dedicated (easy-to-remember) phone hotline (112) and free treatment within the first 24 hours of emergency policy.

    “As part of measures to enhance prompt response to emergency situations, Governor Ambode inaugurated 20 Ambulances and 14 Mobile Intensive Care Units (MICU) in addition to the existing fleet of the Lagos State Ambulance Service (LASAMBUS) for public use in which our LCDA was among.

    “Today, we are sensitising our people and also inaugurating this worthy project in our LCDA to the glory of God and to the service of humanity.”

    He thanked the royal fathers, community leaders, Commander of Army, Police, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), the Divisional Police Officer (DPO), members of staff of the LCDA and other guests for attending the event.

  • Group sensitises traders on security

    Group sensitises traders on security

    The Traders’ Rights Protection Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), said at the weekend that it has embarked on high level security sensitisation of markets across Lagos State.

    The organisation’s announcement is contained in a statement by its National Coordinator, Comrade Christopher Okpala, and Acting Secretary, Comrade Okey Enwuru.

    The NGO said in the statement that the awareness campaign was to forestall any unwholesome acts in the markets.

    It said that their action was informed by the explosion of another bomb near Nyanya Motor Park, in Abuja.

    NAN recalls that about 19 people were feared dead near Nyanya Motor Park incident on May 1, in Abuja when a car exploded along the ever-busy Abuja-Keffi Expressway.

    About 75 people died earlier and hundreds wounded in the first bomb explosion that occurred on April 14 at the motor park.

    It said that the monitoring and control team of the organisation commenced the campaign to enlighten traders on measures to adopt to prevent any incident.

    The statement promised to take the campaign to residential places to caution people on the need to be more security conscious.

  • NDE sensitises staff on anti-graft

    The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) organised a sensitisation workshop on anti-corruption for NDE staff.

    In his address, the Director General of the NDE, Mallam Abubakar Mohammed said the workshop is to acquaint his staff  with the activities of the EFCC and how to carry out their  activities without falling foul of the law.

    “The collaboration will bring home to officers of the directorate the intricate workings of the EFCC. Officers will be better equipped to play a more supportive and proactive role in the fight against corruption.

    “In 2002, the NDE by the mandate of the Federal Government, through the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) established at its headquarters, the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit, otherwise known as ACTU-NDE,” Mohammed said.

    He added that 10 months later, all NDE formation in the 36 states and Abuja set up local ACTUs, due to the fact that NDE programmes are mainly implemented in the states.

    On his part, the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde, commended NDE leadership for partnering with the EFCC to fight corruption.

    “The cankerworm of corruption feeds fat on poverty, ignorance, unemployment, ignorance, unemployment, and fear of the unknown. These are subordinate monsters that the NDE is uniquely placed and empowered to deal with. That is why EFCC considers the NDE a key partner in the war against corruption,” he said.

  • Group sensitises public on environment

    The Green Law Society (GLS), a students’ group at the Faculty of Law of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), has held an awareness programme to sensitise the public on the need to preserve the environment.

    The programme was held in the moot court room in the faculty and was well-attended by students, lectures, and lawyers including Barrister Victor Ayeni, who was represented by Mr. Alonge Opeyemi.

    An environmental expert, Dr Olakunle Olatunmile, who spoke on Changing the world: A collective responsibility, said the problem of environment was global, emphasising the need for everyone to contribute to the effort to save the environment from degradation.

    He said: “Individuals have degraded the environment so much so that if care is not taken, our planet earth may run into more disaster. It therefore places a demand on everyone to save the environment and by that, saving the future generation.”

    He further stressed the fact that, all hands must be on deck to reduce desertification, deforestation, bush burning, overgrazing, overharvesting, improper disposal of waste, biodiversity extinction, over-exploitation of natural resources among others.

    Speaking to CAMPUSLIFE after the event, the president of the society, Sope Adeyanju, said the mission of the group was to educate people from the campus to the street on need to protect and nurture the environment. A participant, Ezekiel Adeshida, said his personal awareness about the need to protect and nurture the environment has received a boost.