Williams Sisters to visit Lagos From October 30

As part of a planned African Tour, International Tennis champions, The Williams are scheduled to visit Lagos from Tuesday 30 October to Friday 2, November 2012 as part of the first leg of the recently launched ‘Breaking the Mould’ (BTM) campaign, a women’s empowerment initiative that has already garnered international support. 

While in Lagos, the  duo will inspire, motivate and mentor a broad range of audiences through a series of supporting initiatives which include; a gala dinner, a tennis clinic and an exhibition match which will also be the first time the sisters will pit their strengths against one another on the tennis court anywhere in Africa.  

This will underpin BTM’s mission to recognise and acknowledge the role that women play in shifting perceptions and encouraging development on all levels across the African continent.

Connect Marketing Services, Octagon SA’s West African affiliate (the architects of BTM), is coordinating the Nigerian element of the Williams Sisters’ tour of Africa. Tunji Adeyinka, Managing Director of Connect Marketing Services, says that ‘‘Breaking The Mould is an inspiring mechanism to help women at various life stages of their lives - embark on a journey of self-belief so that they can know they can achieve anything.  The message of the African Tour by the Williams’ sisters will resonate with African women as a whole, who are often the champions of change and encourage more women to do the same. Indeed, we are proud to implement Breaking The Mould in Nigeria.”

This event will really boost the image of Lagos state a global sports tourism location, and raise the global profile of all participating brands.

Lagos CP seeks decentralisation of police administration

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Umar Manko, says the absence of sustainable logistics and over centralisation of police administration has impacted negatively on the ability of the police to meet set goals.
Manko made the remark in Lagos at an interview with NAN as he reflected on police activities between the country’s independence 52 years ago and their operations today.
He said the Nigeria Police Force has changed from what it used to be after independence and suggested a return to the recent past, where most police stations and divisional police officers (DPOs) provided the needs of his men and officers.

Lagos CP, Umar Manko.

Manko argued also that making divisional police stations accountable would increase the man-hour committed in managing national security challenges.
He acknowledged that various changes were being effected by the police administrations over the years to change the face of the force for the better, enhance its operational performance and shore up its public image and confidence.
The commissioner said that in spite of the changes, the current Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar’s radical approach towards attitudinal change in the force has restored confidence among the officers and men.
“The situation we found ourselves today is a complete departure from what it used to be.”
Manko identified funding as a major challenge of the police which makes it difficult for the organisation to meet its constitutional responsibilities. NAN

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