Oyebanji: My Govt Will Resist Human Rights Abuses, Social Injustice 

 Gbenga Sodeinde in Ado Ekiti

Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has vowed to consistently reinforce the fight against human rights abuses and all forms of social injustices in the state to create an egalitarian society devoid of unwarranted class differences.

Oyebanji said his commitment to the entrenchment of social justice made him place high premium on provision of various legal and institutional supports for the vulnerable to entrench economic and social balancing in the system.

The governor said this in Ikogosi Resort Centre, yesterday, while flagging off a two-day workshop for social work practitioners in Ekiti, organised by the office of the First Lady and  Ekiti State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development.

Speaking on the theme of the programme: “Enhancing Effective Social Work Practice in Ekiti State,” a programme signposting the flagship of  activities marking the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence, the governor posited that the initiative further underscored his administration’s focus on protection of the rights of women, children and the vulnerable segments of the population.

Oyebanji, represented by his Deputy, Chief  (Mrs) Monisade Afuye, applauded the social workers in the state for being supportive of government to tame human rights infringements  and gender imbalancing.

The governor, said the programme would further equip the social workers with better skills to be able to discharge their duties to the target population.
He also said social work was a profession devoted to helping vulnerable and communities’ work through challenges they face, assuring the people that his government would continually provide the workers with necessary social and legal  instruments that would ease their humanitarian  jobs.

He explained that his government had continued to open the vistas of  partnership with private individuals and corporate organisations in the running of government, charging the practitioners to continually support his government to achieve the task of ridding Ekiti of injustice.