Omowole said the protest would be virtual in compliance to the federal and state governments’ physical distancing protocol on the management of COVID-19, which discourages large gatherings.
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The forum made the declaration in a communiqué signed by its Chairman and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday in Abuja after the governors 10th COVID-19 teleconference meeting held on Wednesday.
Dr. Dipo Akomolafe, the Chairman of ASUU at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, said life imprisonment would curb the criminal act in the country.
The protest kicked off from the Governor’s Office on Monday.
Austine Elemue, Special Assistant on Media to the Minister, in a statement on Sunday said Aliyu made the call while presenting palliative items to the FCT National Council of Women Societies and other unions.
The Unit, which as at Thursday been set up all over the country, was confirmed by the Commandant General, Abdullahi Muhammadu Gana, at the management meeting held in his office in Abuja.
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Monday launched the sex offenders register to curb sexual violence in the country.
The rate of sexual violence in South Africa is among the highest in the world and young children are its most vulnerable target, but according to Dr. Ayelet Giladi, a Consulting Educational Sociologist and author of: “Sexual Harassment: No Children’s’ Game,” we can empower children as young as five years to learn to protect themselves.
The Ekiti State Government on Monday announced new measures aimed at curbing sexual violence, especially child defilement and rape, in the state.
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.