Wife of
the Governor of Lagos State and Chairman, Committee of Wives of Lagos State
Officials (COWLSO), Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (left), with wife of the
Governor-elect, Dr. (Mrs) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, during the handing over ceremony,
at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, on Sunday, May 26,2019.
Wife of the Governor
of Lagos State and Chairman of the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials
(COWLSO), Bolanle Ambode, has officially handed over to the wife of the
Governor-elect, Dr. (Mrs.) Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, urging her to take the Committee
to higher heights.
At a brief
handing-over ceremony in Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja, Mrs. Ambode lauded the
vision of the founding mothers of the Committee, which is to compliment the
efforts of government, in critical areas that are women and children- friendly.
She reflected that
the Committee under successive chairmen, had continued to walk in that great
vision, leading to remarkable improvement in the lives of women, girls and
children, in vital areas of health, empowerment, education and others.
She recalled some of
the achievements recorded under her chairmanship in the last four years.
“My lovely women,
with all sense of modesty, we happily recall some of our collective
achievements in the health sector of the state, by way of interventions in
maternal and child health, year after year.
“The various phases
of intervention led to the sponsorship of goiter surgery for 30 women, free
hearing aids for 15 children, 3 women and 2 men; as well as the upgrading of
the ENT Department of the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos. We also purchased and
installed state-of-the-art audiology equipment, including Otoread OAE capable
of detecting hearing defects in newborns”.
Still on COWLSO’s
achievements under her leadership, wife
of the governor said ‘Other phases of
intervention saw the procurement and donation of two Transport Incubator
Ambulance to Gbagada General Hospital and Island Maternity Hospital, coupled
with the donation of 32 neo-natal incubators to 13 General Hospitals and 6
fully fitted Birthing Suites for Amuwo-Odofin Maternal and Child Centre, Epe
General Hospital and Island Maternity Hospital, Lagos, among others’.
She copiously thanked
members of the committee for their robust support for herself and the Ambode
Administration over the past four years, while also appreciating her predecessors
for their kind advice and words of wisdom.
Responding, Dr. Ibijoke
Sanwo-Olu, commended Mrs Ambode for taking COWLSO to its current enviable height,
promising that she would not deviate from the founding ideals of the committee.
Mrs. Sanwo-Olu, who
also lauded Governor Ambode for his generous attention to the committee, noted
that governance was a continuum, adding that the in-coming administration would
work hard enough, to move the state to the next level.
A major highlight of
the event, was the presentation of charity grants to twenty nine orphanage homes and those for the less
privileged.
