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Hamzat urges Nigerians to be godly 

By Sunday Aikulola
31 October 2022   |   3:41 am
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has urged Nigerians to serve God wholeheartedly and uphold the family unit to further build the country.

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, has urged Nigerians to serve God wholeheartedly and uphold the family unit to further build the country.

Hamzat, who stated this, yesterday, during the 14th edition of the Arise Women’s Conference with the theme: “By Appointment,” held at the Trinity Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos, stressed the significant position of the family in nation-building, being the first place of socialisation and training.

He said: “It is important that we uphold the family. I think the biggest challenge in our society today is that the family system has broken down. If we hold the family unit, the country will grow. I think it is important that we serve God and ensure that everything we hear at the conference today is taken home and share with our family.”

In her welcome address, the Convener of Arise Conference, Dr. Siju Iluyomade, stressed the importance of women in governance and the socio-economic development of the nation, adding that the conference was organised to discuss and change the narrative of gender inequality and gender discrimination in the country.

She stated that it was time for women in the country to arise and take their rightful positions in the helm of affairs in the country and stop being onlookers as they are designed and appointed by God to get to those high places.

Iluyomade, therefore, urged government to bring back the good old days where there were security, peace; unity and no ethnicity in the country, noting that the country cannot achieve any meaningful development without these components.

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