…To Render Free Legal Services In Commemoration Of Int’l
Day Of Peace
The Lagos State Government has completed the construction of the
first ever high-powered DNA Forensic Laboratory in Nigeria, the
State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji
Kazeem has disclosed.
The State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode had last year approved
the construction of the DNA forensic lab as part of the criminal
justice sector reforms designed to solve crime through technology
and fulfil an unmet need for DNA profiling which is a unique
forensic technique that is now being used all over the world.
Speaking at a press briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press
Centre in Alausa, Ikeja to announce activities lined up by the
State Government to commemorate the 2017 United Nations
International Day of Peace, Kazeem said skeletal work had already
commenced in the lab known as the Lagos State DNA Forensics Centre
(LSDFC), and that it would be formerly commissioned in coming
weeks.
Kazeem, who was represented at the briefing by the State’s
Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mrs
Funlola Odunlami said the lab, among other initiatives of the State
Government, was part of efforts geared toward enhancing peace in
the State.
“The DNA forensic centre just opened this month. We are yet to
commission it but it has been opened and it is a DNA crime forensic
lab and at the same time, it is going to deal with other DNA
matters like paternity issue. What we are doing now is skeletal
work which we started this month,” Kazeem said.
He recalled that since 2007, the State Government through the
Citizens’ Mediation Centre (CMC), an agency under the Ministry of
Justice, commenced collaborations with the United Nations
Information Office to mark the International Day of Peace as an
annual event to propagate the ethos of peaceful co-existence among
residents in the State, thereby educating and sensitizing the
public on the need for peaceful co-existence and respect for human
dignity to engender socio-economic growth.
“The Lagos State Government recognizes the fact that the State
is the commercial nerve centre of the sub-Saharan Africa where all
races converge for various purposes such as business, hospitality,
tourism among others, and has put in place mechanisms that will
foster development and promote economic activities in the State by
instituting agencies that will attend to matters relating to Land
Grabbers, Special Task Force, donation of police vehicles for
security, introduction of DNA Forensic laboratory to archive blood
samples of criminals, among others.
“All these actions are geared toward enhancing peace in Lagos
State,” Kazeem said.
Speaking on activities to mark the 2017 edition of the day
tagged “Together For Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity For All,”
Kazeem said on September 18, there would be a Walk for Peace/Legal
Clinic on Ikorodu Road precisely from Funsho Williams Avenue
through Ojuelegba to Yaba, while on September 19, a second Walk for
Peace/Legal Clinic will hold at Jubilee Under-bridge in Ajah
through Ibeju Lekki Expressway and back to the bridge.
On the same day, Kazeem said the CMC will hold a Legal Clinic at
both venues where free legal services and mediation services will
be rendered to residents of the State, while on September 21, the
18th Stakeholders’ Conference and Book Launch will hold at the
Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa to mark the day.
Every year, September 21 is observed as the International Day of
Peace as declared by the General Assembly of United Nations as a
day devoted to strengthening ideals of peace, both within and among
all nations and peoples.
…To Render Free Legal Services In Commemoration Of Int’l
Day Of Peace
The Lagos State Government has completed the construction of the
first ever high-powered DNA Forensic Laboratory in Nigeria, the
State’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Adeniji
Kazeem has disclosed.
The State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode had last year approved
the construction of the DNA forensic lab as part of the criminal
justice sector reforms designed to solve crime through technology
and fulfil an unmet need for DNA profiling which is a unique
forensic technique that is now being used all over the
world.
Speaking at a press briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press
Centre in Alausa, Ikeja to announce activities lined up by the
State Government to commemorate the 2017 United Nations
International Day of Peace, Kazeem said skeletal work had already
commenced in the lab known as the Lagos State DNA Forensics Centre
(LSDFC), and that it would be formerly commissioned in coming
weeks.
Kazeem, who was represented at the briefing by the State’s
Solicitor General and Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, Mrs
Funlola Odunlami said the lab, among other initiatives of the State
Government, was part of efforts geared toward enhancing peace in
the State.
“The DNA forensic centre just opened this month. We are yet to
commission it but it has been opened and it is a DNA crime forensic
lab and at the same time, it is going to deal with other DNA
matters like paternity issue. What we are doing now is skeletal
work which we started this month,” Kazeem said.
He recalled that since 2007, the State Government through the
Citizens’ Mediation Centre (CMC), an agency under the Ministry of
Justice, commenced collaborations with the United Nations
Information Office to mark the International Day of Peace as an
annual event to propagate the ethos of peaceful co-existence among
residents in the State, thereby educating and sensitizing the
public on the need for peaceful co-existence and respect for human
dignity to engender socio-economic growth.
“The Lagos State Government recognizes the fact that the State
is the commercial nerve centre of the sub-Saharan Africa where all
races converge for various purposes such as business, hospitality,
tourism among others, and has put in place mechanisms that will
foster development and promote economic activities in the State by
instituting agencies that will attend to matters relating to Land
Grabbers, Special Task Force, donation of police vehicles for
security, introduction of DNA Forensic laboratory to archive blood
samples of criminals, among others.
“All these actions are geared toward enhancing peace in Lagos
State,” Kazeem said.
Speaking on activities to mark the 2017 edition of the day
tagged “Together For Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity For All,”
Kazeem said on September 18, there would be a Walk for Peace/Legal
Clinic on Ikorodu Road precisely from Funsho Williams Avenue
through Ojuelegba to Yaba, while on September 19, a second Walk for
Peace/Legal Clinic will hold at Jubilee Under-bridge in Ajah
through Ibeju Lekki Expressway and back to the bridge.
On the same day, Kazeem said the CMC will hold a Legal Clinic at
both venues where free legal services and mediation services will
be rendered to residents of the State, while on September 21, the
18th Stakeholders’ Conference and Book Launch will hold at the
Adeyemi Bero Auditorium in Alausa to mark the day.
Every year, September 21 is observed as the International Day of
Peace as declared by the General Assembly of United Nations as a
day devoted to strengthening ideals of peace, both within and among
all nations and peoples.
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