By Ayoola Babalola
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has designated May 16 as Lagos Boy Child Day, while backing a review of the state’s 2015 Child Rights Law to address emerging threats facing children and strengthen legal protection for boys.
The governor’s declaration, announced on Tuesday at a stakeholders’ engagement on the review of the Lagos State Child Rights Law 2015 and the launch of the Lagos Boy Child Initiative, marks a significant policy push to place the welfare of boys more prominently within the state’s child protection framework.
The initiative, championed by the First Lady, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, is aimed at addressing what the organisers described as a gap in attention to the boy child, particularly as governments and civil society organisations have intensified advocacy and interventions around the rights and vulnerabilities of girls.
Speaking at the event themed “The Child Development Framework in Lagos State: Addressing the Boy Child
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