Kebe Ikpi, acting coordinator, Child Protection Network of Nigeria, Cross River Chapter, has advised security officials to stop proposing out-of-court settlement for cases of Gender-Based Violence .United Nations Population FundThe training, which began on May 18, was to enhance the capacity of the corps in the state in handling issues of GBV.
Blessing Ntamu, a psychologist with the GBV Centre in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Calabar, said the training was to prepare officers of NSCDC to provide psychosocial first aid for survivors as first responders. Ms Ntamu added that while it was important to empower the girls, the boy child should not be neglected because the boys have to grow into better men if the issue of GBV must be effectively addressed.