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Lagos State Domestic And Sexual Violence Agency Celebrates 4-Year Anniversary

From a modest beginning in 2014, what started as a Response Team with just one coordinator and two volunteers, driven by passion and urgency, has grown into a beacon of hope and resilience for countless survivors across Lagos State and indeed, Nigeria

On the 20th of September 2021, history was made when the Lagos State House of Assembly passed the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency Law. With the approval of this law, the Agency was formally established as a statutory institution - the first of its kind in Nigeria - dedicated to preventing, advocating, and responding to issues of Domestic and Sexual Violence. This milestone marked the birth of a fully fledged Agency, united by a shared vision to safeguard dignity and protect lives.

Today, as we celebrate four years of becoming a statutory Agency, we look back with gratitude and we look forward with renewed commitment. We celebrate the lives saved, the survivors empowered, and the voices that have grown stronger because of this work.

More importantly, we recommit to ensuring that Lagos State remains a place where every individual can live free from violence, fear, and intimidation.

Happy 4th Anniversary to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency. The journey continues, and together, we will build a safer and greater Lagos for all.

#LagosDSVAAt4 #SGBVItConcernsUsAll #DSVAAwarenessMonth2025 #SGBVNotInMyLagos #AGreaterLagosRising #LASG The Lagos State Government

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The Story of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency @Lagosdsva

2014 - Started as a Response Team with just one coordinator and two volunteers in room 308 of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.

15th June 2021 - Lagos State House of Assembly passed the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency Law.

20th of September 2021 - Governor Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu assented the bill which made it a full fledged statutory agency.

In 2025, between January and August, the agency has handled 5,557 cases so far

Today - The @Lagosdsva celebrates four years of becoming a statutory Agency.

We celebrate the lives saved, the survivors empowered, and the voices that have grown stronger because of this work.

More importantly, we recommit to ensuring that Lagos State remains a place where every individual can live free from violence, fear, and intimidation.

#SGBVItConcernsUsAll
#SGBVNotInMyLagos
#GreaterLagosRising

@jidesanwoolu

The Story of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency @Lagosdsva

2014 - Started as a Response Team with just one coordinator and two volunteers in room 308 of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.

15th June 2021 - Lagos State House of Assembly passed the Lagos… pic.twitter.com/xhOeYsKTno

— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) September 23, 2025

Call them o if you're in Lagos and your wife or husband is maltreating you!

No let shyness kill you!

AntiChristian:
Call them o if you're in Lagos and your wife or husband is maltreating you!

No let shyness kill you!

How effective are they? Yet we have Barr. Olumide on Nigeria info 99.3fm talking about the dangers of domestic violence.

I don't have much interest in this organization because they focus on women and young girls but it's fine and good.
What about men facing same issue of domestic violence and abuse

Congratulations to them

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Great department and organization

Trailblazer in Nigeria as per domestic violence

Kudos to the team,may God bless you all

Amen

These are the agencies we should celebrate and find how to give support too.well wishers and patriotic Nigerians take note

tunde1200:
I don't have much interest in this organization because they focus on women and young girls but it's fine and good.
What about men facing same issue of domestic violence and abuse

They'll tell you to be a man and settle it at home..
But if na female report .one time olopa , arrest and charge to court.

tunde1200:
I don't have much interest in this organization because they focus on women and young girls but it's fine and good.
What about men facing same issue of domestic violence and abuse

Nobody is stopping men from reporting violence against themselves. If you read the article carefully, you'd see that it is not gender based in any way. If a man is facing domestic violence, he should feel free to go and report to the agency.

How come Olukoya of MFM is not behind bars? Focus on the rich and powerful if you are sincere.

Looks not gender based from outside ...
this comment says it all.

They'll tell you to be a man and settle it at home..
But if na female report .one time olopa , arrest and charge to court.

You forgot to mention that the director who appeared in this picture is Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's younger sister.[quote author=Lanrelagboi post=136901010]@jidesanwoolu

The Story of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency @Lagosdsva

2014 - Started as a Response Team with just one coordinator and two volunteers in room 308 of the Lagos State Ministry of Justice.

15th June 2021 - Lagos State House of Assembly passed the Lagos… pic.twitter.com/xhOeYsKTno

— Jubril A. Gawat (@Mr_JAGs) September 23, 2025

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