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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
Gombe governor’s spouse, Asama’u Yahaya used for instance the story
Gombe first girl Asama’u Yahaya has urged mother and father and guardians to report incidents of rape and different gender-based violence (GBV) to authorities with out hesitation.
Mrs Yahaya, in an announcement, on Sunday, praised the Gombe Home of Meeting for passing the Violence In opposition to Individuals Prohibition (VAPP) invoice.
The home, on Tuesday, handed the VAPP invoice throughout plenary following the approval and adoption of the report of the home committee on judiciary.
“I’m calling on key stakeholders within the battle towards GBV, particularly mother and father and victims, to summon the braveness and report perpetrators of rape and different types of abuse towards ladies and women, to function a deterrent,” stated Mrs Yahaya. “Up to now, lack of legal guidelines to manipulate and supply related constitutional punishment for offenders and people concerned in violation of girls’s rights left the feminine of us in concern and dying in silence.”
The Gombe first girl added that the invoice’s passage was well timed contemplating that youngsters, particularly the women who’re extra weak, dwell in a society suffering from violence.
She counseled the Gombe governor for his dedication to assent to the act, thereby giving the mandatory impetus to curtail the menace of rape and different types of gender-based violence in Gombe.
(NAN)
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