This is contained in a statement Onyia issued on Saturday in Enugu while reacting to the rising spate of violence against women (married women) in the country.
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The governor, while speaking during a courtesy visit by members of the National Human Rights Commission, Oyo State office, held at the SSG’s Conference Room, Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan, said the state will take quick steps to actualise its plans.
Olabisi Omolona, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the NGO, who stated this on Saturday in Akure, Ondo State, while giving a talk on the 2020 International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, said that this would hasten the prosecution of perpetrators of any violence against women and equally ensure adequate protection against discrimination.
The Executive Secretary of the organisation, Nwobodo, made the call on Friday during a workshop organised for members of the ‘Sister Guardian Initiative’ and Community Police Committee in Enugu.
A need for the Federal, State and Local Governments to come up with new policies to check the increasing cases…