The First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has advocated for the establishment of a special court to expedite the prosecution of perpetrators of Gender-Based Violence against women.
The wife of the President made the call, on Thursday, in Abuja, at the opening of the Second Annual Conference of the Nigeria Governors’ Wives Forum themed: Sustaining Action On The State of Emergency Against Sexual And Gender-Based Violence.
She said that the establishment would hasten Justice and punish perpetrators of rape and other violence against women.
Hajiya Buhari further stressed the need for State Governments to do away with all obstacles against girl child education.
In her opening remarks, the Chairperson, Nigeria Governors’Wives Forum, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, highlighted some of the challenges facing the organisation.
She, however, called for the establishment of the Gender-Based Violence Survivors Fund to enable the Forum to identify with victims and raise awareness.
Mrs Fayemi said that the Forum would continue to collaborate with Ministries, Departments and Agencies as well as development partners to protect the rights of women in the country.
On his part, the Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi reaffirmed the Forum’s commitment to supporting programmes that would advance the course of women in the country.
He acknowledged the role played by the Governors’Wives in ensuring the implementation of campaign promises.
He, therefore, said the State Governments would make resources available to implement their various initiatives aimed at ending Violence against women and girls Governor Fayemi promised to meet with the Six State Governments that are yet to domesticate the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act for necessary action.
Also, the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, urged governors to ensure that more women were elected into elective positions in the 2023 General Election.
She commended the Unity among the governors’ wives by declaring a state of emergency on violence against sexual and gender-based violence and reiterated that her ministry was working with the Federal and States Ministries of Justice as well as the Civil Society Organisations to ensure women emancipation.
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