An all women pro-democracy group, Women for Change Initiatives, has given kudos to Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu on his speech delivered to the people of Lagos State on Tuesday, November 29, 2021 where he spoke on the Lekki Tollgate incident of last year October 20, 2021 and expressed the need to heal the wounds of the past with a view to strengthening the spirit of co-existence already operational among the people.
A lawyer and leader of the group, Eyitope Success-Adekunle Esqr, in a chat with our correspondent in Ikeja, Lagos on Wednesday, said the Governor’s speech touched the heart and served as soothing balm to accelerate the healing process of the last year’s sad episode, commending the governor for a speech well written and perfectly delivered.
It was against this background that the woman lawyer accepted the governor’s request for a Match for Peace whenever it is slated to take place assuring that, “members of our organization, as the name implies, are mothers of the nation who love their children to be well treated and cared for with the aim of making them comfortable and at peace.”
According to her, it would be ironical for an organization of all women to see an opportunity to strengthen peace and foster peaceful co-existence and shun it, assuring the governor that, “on the Walk for Peace we stand as mothers of all.”
Speaking further, the vocal right activist agreed with governor Sanwo-Olu that. “the choice confronting us today is between restoring greater harmony or doing greater harm,” and choosing harmony over harm, believing the Governor, it is his task to explain why all Lagosians should join him on the path that promises a more beneficial future.
The woman activist described as gratifying, Sanwo-Olu’s commitment to facilitate better communication between the youths and the state’s security machinery to resolve issues before they become intractable, expressing the delight that the governor’s administration would make We will it easier for young people to initiate formal complaints on human rights violations through the Ministry of Justice.
Success-Adekunle, in conclusion, assured the governor that, taking part in “A Walk for Peace,” which he would lead personally, is truly a clarion call “to herald the healing of our land,” promising that, “we would not only join, we would even mobilise others to join with a view to making the exercise a huge success.”
