Lagos govt campaigns against domestic violence

The Lagos State Government on Friday took its campaign against domestic and gender-based violence to Orile Agege Local Council Development Area (LCDA).
Leading the campaign team, assistant director, Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Olufunke Odutola, said government was worried about the rising cases of domestic violence, especially against women and children, despite the laws prohibiting the act.


She said the campaign, supported by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), was geared towards ensuring that people are aware that gender-based violence is a crime against the state and to see that it is drastically reduced and perpetrators brought to book.
Addressing the legislative arm of the council, Odutola said: “In 2007, the former Governor of Lagos, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, signed the Protection Against Domestic Violence Law to guard against violence, and we have since domesticated the law and we are running with it. The law covers sexual abuse, rape and so on.”
“In some parts of Lagos, people do not know about the law and we have come today to let you know that you have a role to play because you are closer to the community where such things happen on a daily basis.”

Source: dailyindependence