As the world commemorates the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, the National Orientation Agency (NOA) has charged all Nigerians to champion the fight against sexual and gender-based violence in their communities as the key to the speedy elimination of the vice in the country.
NOA Director-General, Dr Garba Abari, stated this in a statement, describing violence against women as a scourge that is consuming societies across the world, adding that it mostly has its roots in age-long cultural and religious practices which have no scientific basis.
Abari said: “Violence against women, such as rape and other forms of sexual and gender-based violence are a disservice to the very nature of mankind because every human is born of a woman. When women are hurt, human existence is threatened.
“All Nigerians must therefore now take the lead in pushing for the elimination of violence against women in their respective communities; that is a sure and quick way to stemming this vice.”
He noted that NOA, in recent times, has intensified its sensitisation campaign against rape and gender-based violence in response to the recorded upsurge in such crimes during the COVID-19 lockdown, adding that the campaign has targeted communities, students and other stakeholders, including duty bearing organisations in the elimination of violence against women.
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