The council chairman, Dr. Eric Odo disclosed this on Thursday during a one-day campaign on the eradication of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the council headquarters.
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A statement on Tuesday said the Coordinator promised to intensify her efforts in ensuring that such perpetrators are brought to book.
The First Lady noted that efforts to eradicate GBV, which she described as a monster, should be relentless in the interest of society, saying, “GBV scuttles the socio-economic development of a nation.”
The spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Akin Rotimi, made the plan known in a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday.
Abubakar is the Executive Director, Enhancing Communities Action for Peace, and Better Health Initiative (e-CAPH).
Hajiya Rekiya Onaivo-Sanni, Kogi Co-ordinator of the Council, made the call during a media parley on Saturday, in Lokoja.
The State’s Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Rabi Salisu disclosed this on Tuesday at a Press briefing in Kaduna.
The Commissioner spoke at the Gender-Based Stakeholders Meeting/Conference organised by the Ministry in collaboration with Centre for Integrated and Health Programmes (CIHP).
The Executive Director of SGAI, Mufuliat Fijabi, said participants were selected across the country through their call for application online.
The Commissioner for Women Affairs, Edema Irom, made this revelation on Saturday in Calabar, the state capital.
Already, five cases have been prosecuted as of the end of September.
A unionist, Solomon Adebosin, has called on workers’ unions to promote integration of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) elimination in workplace policies.
The Ebonyi State Gender Based Violence Taskforce has requested the state government to capture the economic empowerment of survivors in the 2024 State Budget.
Wife of Ekiti Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, has enlisted school age boys in the fight against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) to prevent the occurrence of the menace among students in the state.
OlwinKids Foundation, has sensitised children at the new Kuchigoro Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp on Gender Based Violence (GBV), as well as donated stationery to their school
The State’s GBV Task Force Coordinator, made this known Sunday during a quarterly GBV stakeholder Coordinator’s meeting held in Abakaliki, the capital city.
Naomi Philip, the chairperson of the group, made this known during an interview with newsmen in Yola on Monday.
NCWS National President, Hajiya Lami Adamu-Lau, said that the exercise was part of their campaigns to end GBV, adding that it was also aimed at commemorating this year’s 16-day activism to end the menace.
Tallen made the call Sunday at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja.
The tournament was put together in collaboration with other youth, rights and women-based organisations operating in the state.
Barbara Osobajo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues (MSDGI), expressed the support while receiving the Edo Focal Person of UN Women’s HeForShe initiative, who was on a courtesy visit to her.