Addressing journalists in Abuja on Saturday, the patron of the group in Africa, Kenneth Ibe-Kalu, said the domestication and implementation of the act would help to curb gender-based violence in the country.According to VAPP tracker, an application by Partners West Africa Nigeria monitoring the progress of the act across the 36 States, 29 have passed and domesticated the law.
Ibe-Kalu, however, called on the state governors to domesticate the act in order to safeguard the rights of women in such states. “The act is very important. It will help to protect the rights of women and children in these states. For those who have domesticated it, we will not just want it to end at domestication, we want the act to be implemented.”
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