Okewale Sonaiya calls for support for all female candidates

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L-R, Faoziyah Salako-Sanni; Publishers of Business Plus Magazine, Dr Grace Achum;Advocacy Programme Officer, Adetoun Adebogun; MD Women Radio 91.7, Toun Okewale Sonaiya: Lagos State NAWOJ Chairperson ,Sekinah Lawa; Ifejola Otun and Secretary NAWOJ, Kikelomo Oduyebo during the advocacy visit.

The Nigerian Association of Women Journalist (NAWOJ) has been urged to help create more sensitisation on the need to shun violence against women so as to enable women to exercise their right to vote and be voted for in the forthcoming elections.

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Toun Okewale Sonaiya, MD of Women Radio 91.7 stated this during an advocacy visit to NAWOJ, Lagos State Chapter. She emphasised the need for all to ensure that the 2019 general elections is peaceful and non violent to increase women’s participation. She affirmed the need to create an enabling peaceful political space for every eligible woman to vote and be voted for. Okewale Sonaiya seized the opportunity to call for support for female candidates vying for various positions to be given more visibility on TV, radio and newspapers by reporting their activities.

The MD of Women Radio said the station, with the support of UN women, would ensure that the tracking of incidences of electoral violence against women will be a priority and called for NAWOJ’s to support.

In her response, Sekinah Lawal, the Chairperson of the Lagos State Chapter of the association attested to the impact the media plays in reporting election and the important role of women in the media. Lawal emphasised that NAWOJ will support the NoToViolenceAgainstWomen campaign through sensitisation and enlightenment of women on what to do before, during and after the election. She opined that with proper information women would be able to take the right decisions.

Lawal assured Women Radio that NAWOJ would use the opportunity to give publicity to female candidates in the media.

NAWOJ members present at the event were; Faoziyah Salako-Sanni of Bond FM, Kikelomo Oduyebo of LTV , Dr. Grace Achum, publishers of Business Plus magazine and Ifejola Otun of Ministry of Information, NAWOJ Secretary.

Women Radio 91.7 with support from UNWomen continues in her advocacy for Nigerians to shun violence against Women in 2019 elections and to vote for Women to increase women leadership and political empowerment.