Kebbi Assembly to Enact Laws on Gender-based Violence, Child Rights Violation via thisdaylive
The Kebbi State House of Assembly has expressed its unwavering determination and commitment to enact relevant laws to deal with gender-based violence and child rights violations.
They were at the assembly to protest the recent upsurge in incidences of rape, domestic violence against women and several forms of child abuse in Nigeria. While lamenting the recurring incidences of paedophilia and defilement, the Speaker also said: “It requires a law to effectively stem the tide and eventually eradicate these social vices.”
She noted: “There have been several efforts in the past but, they were somehow truncated along the way, which is not surprising considering cultural misunderstandings.
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