LASG Calls For Support In Fight Against Domestic Violence

Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Mrs Cecilia Bolaji Dada has said that the war against domestic violence must be jointly fought by parents, schools and society as a whole.

Dada made the call on Wednesday at a symposium organised by the Domestic Violence Unit of the Ministry with the theme, “Parents as Social Agents of Change”.

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While noting quarrels and disagreements are inevitable in some homes, Dada urged parents and other relevant stakeholders to make conscious efforts to shield children away from such fracas whenever they arise.

According to Dada, the symposium was aimed at guiding parents against becoming a negative influence in the lives of their children and wards.

“We do not encourage fighting in our homes. But then, as humans, challenging issues might arise, we disagree to agree. But when there are disagreements, let us avoid violence & learn to shield our young ones from such challenging issues.”

She advised both parents and young ones to engage themselves productively and avoid idleness at all cost, stressing that “an idle mind is the devil’s workshop.”