Bill To Protect Rape Victims Passes Second Reading At Senate
A file photo of the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, during plenary at the upper chamber of the National Assembly in Abuja.The Senate is enacting critical legislation to protect victims of rape against any form of stigmatization in the country.
Leading the debate on the bill, the Sponsor of the legislation, Senator Mohammed Musa, said if passed into law, the bill will encourage victims of rape to testify in court and also ensure the re-integration of victims of insurgency into the community of their choice. The Committee, which is chaired by Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele , is expected to submit its report back to the Senate in four weeks.
The lawmaker who bemoaned the trauma which most victims of rape suffer and are exposed to in the country, blamed the development on what he described as the “ineptitude” of the Nigerian justice system.
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