LASG Seeks Recognition for PWDs’ Creativity, Resilience

Lagos State Government has celebrated resilience, inclusion and sporting excellence among Persons With Disabilities (PWDs) by hosting the 2025 Ability Games at the Isheri Rehabilitation and Vocational Centre.

During the event, athletes with disabilities from different backgrounds competed in a variety of sporting activities designed to promote inclusion, empowerment and community integration.

General Manager of the Lagos State Office for Disability Affairs (LASODA), Adenike Oyetunde-Lawal, while addressing participants and guests at the event yesterday, described the ability games as more than a sporting competition, noting that they represent courage, determination, and the extraordinary abilities that exist in every individual, regardless of physical limitations.

She said that the initiative serves as a reminder that talent knows no disability and that determination has no boundary.

According to her, Lagos State Government remains committed to promoting policies and programmes that cater for every member of the society, irrespective of gender, status or physical ability.

Oyetunde-Lawal said that the administration of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had continued to demonstrate a strong commitment to inclusive governance through the T.H.E.M.E.S. Plus Agenda.

IN another development, Lagos State Government, in partnership with the Centre for Women’s Health and Information (CEWHIN), has introduced a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) aimed at improving service delivery for children, youths and other vulnerable groups across the state.
The initiative was implemented with support from the Rule of Law and Anti-Corruption Programme (RoLAC) and the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).

The state’s Commissioner for Youths and Social Development, Mobolaji Ogunlende, who spoke after the official handover of the document in Alausa, Ikeja, said the ministry is committed to ensuring that all members of staff comply with the new guidelines.

Ogunlende said that the SOP would serve as a key framework to guide the ministry’s operations and improve the efficiency of its services to residents of the state.

According to him, the document comes at a crucial time and will provide clear procedures for the ministry’s work.

Also speaking, Senior Communications Officer at CEWHIN, Oluwatobi Opadokun, said the project was designed to provide technical support for social workers and youth development officers within the ministry, noting that the initiative aims to strengthen professional social work practice and enhance service delivery for children, youths and other vulnerable groups.

Source: The Guardian