He will give a speech following Mass with all the world bishops who took part in the unprecedented gathering.
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The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Bolanle Ampitan, made this known during a news conference in Lokoja on Monday.
Ndidi Mezue, Commissioner for Women’s and Children’s Affairs, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Awka.
Pope Francis says clergy sex abuse scandals are an “open wound” that must be treated with “firm and decisive” action.
Pope Francis on Monday asked forgiveness for child abuse crimes and cover-ups within the Catholic Church, admitting that the pain of victims “was long ignored, kept quiet or silenced”.
The Coordinator of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, Titilayo Vivour-Adeniyi, said the new development was in furtherance of the desire of the government to ensure that reports of incidents of Domestic, Sexual Violence and Child Abuse are met with timely and holistic response.
Mohamed Fall, the Country Representative of UNICEF, made the appeal on Saturday at a reception in honour of Buhari as a strong advocate of rights of women and children at the National Centre for Women Development in Abuja on Saturday.
In her address read by the Director of Humanitarian and Social Affairs, Dr. Daniel Eklu, the Commissioner underlined the leadership role the media could play in articulating a common vision “for our children and other vulnerable persons and mobilizing the state and society towards securing improvements in the quality of life of our citizens