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Ekiti gives succour to 133 rape victims

Victor Akinkuolie Ado-Ekiti

Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi, said his administration has given succour to about 133 victims of the Gender Base Violence (GBV) in the last two years of his government.
The Governor said the move is part of the commitment of his administration to curb the menace of the GBV in the state, especially the rising cases of defilement of children, adding that the state is set to enforce stiffer penalties violators of its gender based laws.
Fayemi disclosed this in Ado-Ekiti while receiving the annual report on the management of gender based violence and the State GBV Strategic Plan from the Chairperson of the Ekiti GBV Management Committee, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, held at the Governor’s office Ado Ekiti.
The Governor said the commitment of his administration to battling Gender Based Violence (GBV) in the State is a clear demonstration of his commitment to upholding his campaign mantra on values reorientation and restoration, saying sexual violence and other irresponsible acts are alien to the values which Ekiti people hold dear.
Fayemi said the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), which he chairs, had also taken a firm stand against sexual violence and abuse, a development which culminated in the Forum’s declaration of a state of emergency on Gender Based Violence in all states of the Federation.
The governor’s wife, Erelu Bisi Fayemi revealed that a permanent shelter for the GBV survivor “is underway and would soon be ready for commissioning.
The GBV Management Committee which was reconstituted in July 2019, according to Erelu Fayemi, has been able to facilitate the provision of several legal frameworks to protect GBV survivors, including the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Sexually Abused Minors Law 2020.
She disclosed that the committee, through the office of the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, activated the 2013 Sex Offender Register in consonance with the “name and shame policy” which provides for the publication of the names and photographs of convicted sex offenders in the State.
Mrs Fayemi said, “On June 5th 2020, Dr Kayode Fayemi challenged the GBV management Committee to come up with a State of Emergency Action Plan on GBV.

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