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Monday, October 18th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Step up campaigns against HIV/AIDS, others, Ogun gov�s wife urges NAWOJ   By Segun Adeleye, Abeokuta. Wife of the Ogun State Governor and Chairperson of Gateway Front Foundation, Mrs Olufunke Daniel has appealed to the National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) to step up their campaigns against HIV/AIDS and other issues that affect children. Mrs. Daniel, while speaking at her investiture as NAWOJ Matron in Abeokuta said concerted efforts should be channelled towards propagating the usefulness of the Insecticide Treated Nets (ITN) to reverse the man-hour lost to malaria attack by the Nigerian workforce. Pledging her support for women empowerment, the wife of the Ogun State governor challenged the menfolk to cede greater responsibilities to women, arguing that mothers would always make better administrators. �I will not let you down by this appointment of mine as your matron; you can have my assurance that I will always be willing to support you morally and materially . �You will agree with me that women, particularly Journalists need to re-double efforts to bring the issues of HIV/AIDS and the Insecticide Treated Net (ITN) to the front burner of national discourse to achieve results�, the elated Mrs. Daniel advised. According to her, any nation intending to maximise its potentials should educate its women folk because �I have been made to realise that for you to educate a nation, you need to educate women�. Earlier in her opening remark, President of NAWOJ, Mrs. Toro Oladapo, decried the percentage of women participation in politics, just as she solicited the support and understanding of the men folk to empower �the ones they prefer to call the weaker sex�. She posited that only equal opportunities could engender the much desired national development, adding that the injection of women of substance by President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor Gbenga Daniel has impacted positively on their programmes. Mrs. Oladapo, who reminisced on how her mother was short-changed on educational attainment on account of sex appealed to parents to concentrate on matters affecting children and women for overall national development. Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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