The Lagos State Government has
commenced implementation of the Executive Order ratified by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode
on December 16, 2016 which established the Lagos State Safeguarding and Child
Protection Policy.
The Executive Order highlights the
importance and priority which the State Government placed towards protecting
the lives of children and it applies to all State Government organisations, all
schools, child centred institutions, orphanages and child related institutions
located in the State, both public and private.
Speaking during the annual general
meeting and intervention programme put together by the Office of Education
Quality Assurance which was attended by over 1,000 participants, Coordinator of
Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, an agency under the Lagos
State Ministry of Justice, TitilolaVivour-Adeniyi said the State Government was
determined to implement the Executive Order to ensure the protection of
children.
The DSVRT Coordinator also used the
medium to sound a very clear warning to all Child centred institutions both
public and private, that the State Government would no longer tolerate
negligence in ensuring the safety of children under their supervision and
failure to adopt and implement the policy would amount to both civil and
criminal actions.
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