COWLSO Builds Capacity of Members

The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, COWLSO, has organized a capacity building programme for its members, at its retiree villa, Ogombo, Ajah, in Lagos.

Addressing the members, wife of the governor of Lagos State and chairman of the committee, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode, noted that capacity building was a major component of modern-day corporate and public service for performance leverage at home and other engagements outside the home.

She noted that the training became necessary in order to continually improve the lives and capacity of members for domestic, social and professional purposes, in order to acquaint them with current trends and update their knowledge in relevant and vital areas.

“We hold the view that self-improvement trainings like this, will bring out optimal performance for those in paid employment. It will also help to bring out the best in us, in various personal businesses and our social interactions”, she said.

Speaking further, Mrs. Ambode observed that, topics for discussion which were carefully selected from areas most relevant to the women included: etiquette, public speaking, protocol and security.

She explained that while etiquette was selected to polish domestic and public conduct, protocol was included to fine-tune the women’s knowledge of the rules.

She stressed further that security training was necessary for individual and collective safety, while public speaking was essential for everyone in jobs, businesses, social interactions and for politics.

The governor’s wife assured members, that the committee would not deviate from the philosophy of the founding mothers, which is to support the efforts of their husbands in government in order to improve the welfare of Lagosians.

Topics treated at the training included Public Speaking by Mrs Adesua Onyenokwe, Etiquette by Mrs Mavi Isiboh, Protocol by Mrs Janet Adetu and Security by the Acting Commissioner of Police, Edgar Imohimi.