By El-Yakub Dabai, Birnin Kebbi
The Conference of NLC Northwest Women Committee holding in Birnin Kebbi has decried the high rate of abuse of women and girl child rights individually and collectively in the society in spite of the existence of secular and religious laws prohibiting the acts
The Kebbi State Chairperson, Comrade Hadiza Abubakar Ribah speaking at the programme further said the conference, which was holding for the first time in Kebbi State with the support of the wife of the Governor, Hajiya Zainab Nasare, was a campaign on women and girl child education, Gender Based Violence,GBV, as well as women empowerment.
According to her, the Conference which was supported by Governor Nasir Idris led administration and hosted in Kebbi State has boosted the morale of the women committee as well as encouraged them to continue to support the present administration in its drive for women empowerment and girl child education campaign.
In her remarks, the wife of Kebbi State Governor, Hajiya Zainab Nasare Idris, represented by the wife of the Deputy Governor, Hajiya Maryam Abubakar Tafida, said Kebbi State Government had attached great importance to girl child education as well as empowerment of women and therefore condemned gender based violence and rape.
She said with the introduction of Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), the state has achieved increase in the enrollment of adolescent girl by 40 per cent, as such Government would continue to provide conducive learning environment for children with focus on girl – child education.
Earlier in her remarks, the North- West Zonal Coordinator, Mrs Martha Haruna-Banki, said that rate of rape, child battering and domestic violence cannot rule out poverty playing a vital role in fuelling the menace in addition to poor enlightenment on the need to see the value of women in the society, stressing that the conference would change the narrative
