The Ekiti State authorities has enlisted extra help from stakeholders, together with the management of the native authorities areas, conventional leaders, spiritual our bodies, civil society and most of the people to strengthen the battle in opposition to gender-based violence.
The Deputy Governor, Mrs Monisade Afuye, lamented that GBV had continued to wreak havoc in society, shattering ambitions and sending many to their premature graves.
Talking in Ado Ekiti, on Friday, on the closing of a two-day workshop on gender-based violence, organised by the Workplace of the Ekiti State First Woman, in collaboration with the Ministry of Native Authorities Affairs, Afuye mentioned the pattern within the violence required elevated efforts to checkmate it.
The deputy governor referred to as on vital stakeholders “to coalesce efforts with the Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, to defeat the festering menace of rape, sexual molestation, feminine genital mutilation and different anti-social conducts in Ekiti.”
She mentioned, “The menace of GBV has destroyed so many households, shattered stunning ambitions and despatched many to their premature graves.
“It’s a monster that has ravaged many houses. Due to this fact, it should be fought collectively to a standstill in our society.”
The spouse of the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Olayemi Oyebanji, referred to as for a united strategy to GBV by way of “insurance policies and actions that result in significant change and reshape public attitudes.”
Represented by the Head of Service, Dr Folakemi Olomojobi, the governor’s spouse mentioned, “GBV is not only a violation of human rights; it’s a societal menace that undermines the dignity, security, and progress of our communities. We can not permit any type of violence, discrimination or abuse to proceed unchecked.”
She added, “Collectively, we are able to construct a society the place each particular person is free from worry, hurt, and oppression.
“I, due to this fact, name on all involved events, not solely in authorities but in addition within the personal sector, non-governmental organisations, spiritual our bodies, conventional rulers, and personal practitioners, to affix this battle as champions of justice and peace.”
The Legal professional Common and Commissioner for Justice, Dayo Apata (SAN), who described GBV as a monster, mentioned, “This workshop is well timed. It’s one other alternative being given to Ekiti State to increase the frontiers by taking it to the native governments.”
Apata mentioned along with the various interventions, the Ministry of Justice had devised methods by way of which offenders had been speedily prosecuted.
“Inside the final 12 months, we had about 30 circumstances by which we now have concluded the prosecution, out of which we secured 24 convictions,” he mentioned.