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The State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, in a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Tunji Bello, said the significance of June 12, 1993 elections, adjudged as the freest and fairest in the history of Nigeria, would always be a reference point in the State’s quest to entrench true democracy in service to the people.

Speaking at the official launch of Mechanised Community Agriculture and Products Exhibition organised by the Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs in collaboration with Dizengoff Nigeria Limited, the Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Communities and Communications, Akeem Omoyele Sulaimon, noted that mechanised equipment ensure optimum production in farming and improve development in agriculture for better yields.

The Permanent Secretary and Solicitor-General Ministry of Justice, Funlola Odunlami, who disclosed this in her office, stated that some punishments as stipulated in the law have not served its intended purpose of deterring abusers of children from desisting from such acts, hence the need to review the Child Rights Law.