The Ekiti State Government has stated that it will introduce stricter and tougher penalties for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) offenders, News About Nigeria reports.
The state’s First Lady, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, disclosed this in a communique at the end of a two-day workshop on Gender-based Violence on Wednesday.
She noted that the the perpetrators of such acts will face stringent penalties which will serve as a deterrent to others.
The governor’s wife, while speaking at the workshop organised by the office of the Ekiti State First Lady and the Ministry of Local Government Affairs, also pledged to rally around stakeholders to step up efforts to drastically reduce the menace in the state.
It reads, “Perpetrators of GBV in Ekiti State will always face the consequence of their actions to serve as deterrents to others.
“GBV is a human rights violation that threatens the well-being and development. Participants should make judicious use of the workshop to create actionable plans and key into the issues of GBV in various communities in tackling the menace.”
Also speaking, the Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Folorunso Olabode, lauded the governor’s wife for the enriching and educative workshop on combating GBV, which was aimed at raising awareness, providing education developing strategies to combat GBV in the state.
Olabode advised participants comprising stakeholders including the state Attorney-general; top female elected officials and political appointees; top female civil servants; local government chairmen and their spouses and gender desk officials, among others to put into action all that had been learnt for a good turn around on GBV.
