The chairman of Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun State, Sheriff Adewale Musa, has charged women in the area to vie for political positions.
Musa who was represented by his vice, Mrs Olatunbosun Animashaun, gave the charge when he received in audience the National Council of Women Society, NCWS.
Members of the NCWS were led by the group’s Ogun West coordinator, Alhaja T. A Aroboto, who stated that they had visited to congratulate the chairman and his vice on their victory at the last election.
Aroboto added that their visit was also to intimate the chairman with some of NCWS programmess ahead.
She stated that the objectives of the body was centred on gender equality in political positions.
Animashaun, in her response, appreciated the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Engr. Noimot Salako-Oyedele, for her determination to support women in taking up political positions in line with the objectives of NCWS.
She promised to convey the messages of the NCWS to the chairman of the local government and pledged to support them in every aspect of their programmes.
She also appreciated NCWS on behalf of the wife of the chairman as she was announced to be the next grand matron of the body in Ado-Odo/Ota local government.
In a separate development, youths in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area have been tasked to take personal hygiene seriously.
Animashaun made the call when she declared open a one day training of youths on the need to put an end to open defecation and improvement in general hygiene.
She charged youth volunteers to imbibe all the teaching on hygienic living and environmental sanitation, saying that would make Ado-Odo/Ota local government area to be safe and free from diseases.
