Amanuel Mamo, the group’s Director of Advocacy, Campaign, Communication and Media, Save the Children International, Nigeria, said this in a statement in Abuja.
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The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, made the call at the launch of State of the World Population (SWOP 2021) report with the theme: “My Body Is My Own: Claiming the Right to Autonomy and Self Determination,” on Tuesday in Abuja.
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu, made the call in a statement in Abuja.
Respondents to a News Agency of Nigeria survey in Bauchi, Gombe, Adamawa, Borno, Yobe and neighbouring Jigawa states, say although the state governments have been doing their best, the enormity of the challenge calls for the contributions of all and sundry.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) made this declaration on Friday at a virtual meeting organized by the National Human Rights Commission on the Scourge of Rape, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Nigeria.
Rape is an epidemic that has now reached pandemic proportions due to inaction, stigmatisation, limitations of existing law and the the failure of the state to respond to what is clearly a major humanitarian crisis
The Executive Secretary of the commission, Tony Ojukwu, stated that the passage of the law by the states could help to address the problems associated with Almajiri.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons has called on state governments to implement the Child Rights Act in tackling child trafficking in the country.
A survey conducted by the News Agency of Nigeria in Borno, Yobe, Gombe, Bauchi and Adamawa States indicated that the states are encountering resistance from parents and religious leaders in their effort to domesticate the Act.
Alhassan made the appeal at a news conference and inauguration of the 6th National Children’s Parliament ahead of the Children’s Day celebration in Abuja.
Nwaobiala said that the Federal Government also expressed concern about the increasing number of children hawking wares on the streets during school hours
The International Federation of Women Lawyers, (FIDA) has called on the Federal Government especially the Legislature to promulgate law that will provide for the of rapists as minimum punishment.