Venus and Serena Williams arrive in Nigera, to visit Governor of Lagos (Babatunde Raji Fashola(SAN) today

Venus arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos at about 3PM on Tuesday, October 30,2012 with officials from the ‘Breaking The Mould,’ BTM campaign team as well as pressmen welcoming them.

Serena was expected to arrive later at 9PM.
They are scheduled to pay the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola a courtesy at the State House on Wednesday (today), after which they will head to a tennis clinic at Ikoyi Club. They will also visit a puberty education class for girls, then wrap it up by playing an exhibition match before going to South Africa on Friday, November 2, 2012.

Serena and Venus Williams are in Lagos as part of the Nigerian leg of a planned tour of two African countries, namely Nigeria and South Africa.
They are here on the platform of Breaking The Mould (BTM) campaign, a women's empowerment programme put together by Octagon and its West Africa affiliate, Connect Marketing Services Ltd.

They will participate in supporting initiatives such as a tennis clinic, school visit, exhibition match.Therw will also be a gala dinner,through these initiatives, they will be motivating, inspiring and mentoring diverse audiences in particular women and the youth.

Serena and Venus Williams are considered fit as “Mould Breakers” as the story of their lives exemplifies how determination, passion, hard work and self-belief can turn dreams into reality, despite obstacles.