“But because of the education I now have about the dangers attached to female genital mutilation is the main reason I stopped the practice.”
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The expert added that Infibulations, which is the total removal of the clitoris and stitching of the vagina to allow small hole for urination, was the most common in Nasarawa State, with 22 per cent, Kaduna State has 21 per cent and Bayelsa State with 20 per cent
Enyiazu disclosed the practice was higher among women whose mothers were circumcised, adding: “The higher the level of education of a woman, the less her daughter’s chance of being mutilated
Speaking at the event in Osogbo, Prof. Modupe Onadeko, the National President of Inter-African Committee on Female Genital Mutilation, said the act is linked to history and religion and is regarded as a ritual or a must for both male and female
The report said that half of mutilation victims lived in three countries
This was contained in a joint statement issued by the UNFPA Executive Director, Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin, and the UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, in Abuja
Prof. Joseph Adinma, the President of the association, made the statement on Saturday in Abuja at an interactive session with newsmen to mark the end of the association’s 50th anniversary and 49th Annual General Meeting
Onadeko, a retired community physician and consultant on reproductive and family health, said the national average prevalence rate on female genital mutilation stood at 50 per cent