Connect with us

News

GBV: Group Sensitises Religious, Community Leaders On Measures To Tackle Menace

Published

on

Inter-faith Dialogue Forum for Peace (IDFP) on Thursday, sensitized religious and community leaders on measures to tackle the menace of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Bauchi state.

Speaking at the sideline of the programme, Ms Faith Johnny, the Programme and FundRaising Development Officer, IDFP, said that the purpose of the sensitization is to develop a compendium for faith-based actors on prevention of GBV.

Advertisement

This period is the sixteenth day of activism against Gender Based Violence and IDFP in collaboration with the UN Women have come up with a one-day engagement forum.

“What we mean is that, we have come to Bauchi today, where we will be hosting 10 faith-based actors who will be giving us 10 names each to make a hundred and at the end of this project, we are going to be having several other actors in a compendium so that if any organisation or individual wants to do something on GBV in Bauchi state, they have a list of people to contact.

READ ALSO: FG Gives N1bn Loan To 1,000 MSMEs In Bauchi

Advertisement

“They have their numbers, they have cases, they have what has come after the cases and further actions to follow up.

“What we are expecting from this engagement is to have a comprehensive compendium of faith-based actors. This will now serve as a tool for other organisations to use in their further engagement in GBV issues,” she said.

Johnny however, urged both parents and guardians to closely watch their children and wards, talk to them, ask them what they are going through and this, she said, would serve as a variable tool in ending GBV.

Advertisement

Also speaking, Aminu Mohammed, one of the community leaders present, said this kind of sensitization of the faith-based actors both Muslims and Christians would go a long way in addressing GBV in Bauchi state.

READ ALSO: Bauchi Governor Flags Off Construction, Rehabilitation Of N18.2bn Roads

“This is to make an advocacy to them as regards to Gender Based Violence because it’s something that is happening and so rampant in the state.

Advertisement

“There are several cases and in order to tackle it, you have to involve the religious and the community leaders because they are the grassroot members that can influence some of the members of the public.

“We are having problems of conspiracy of silence whereby the victims or their parents or relations will not like to open up and without opening up, you can’t be able to address the issue completely.

“Sometimes, stigmatization is another factor as to why they don’t want to open up and that is why we are making this advocacy and we want to expand it to the grassroots,” he said.

Advertisement

READ ALSO: Bauchi Govt. To Revitalise 6 Boarding Schools – Commissioner

In his submission, Pastor Sunday Simon, Director, Christian Affairs in Bauchi state, opined that the engagement is one of the good ones they were looking forward to.

He said “this is because there is an issue that has been lingering in the whole country for a very long time and you will find out that the region’s people are not engaged the way they are now going to be.

Advertisement

“This programme came at the right time and with the right people and by engaging these religious and community leaders, it will also help the programme to reach the grassroot.

“The reason for the programme is to get the acceptance of these region people and also the leaders so the messages will go to the grassroot because before, when a programme of this nature comes, it will just die without achieving its goals because it didn’t include these people.

“IDFP is an organisation that has national and international outreach. It’s an organisation that has come to stay because it deals with all the faiths in the country,” he said.

Advertisement

Simon added that IDFP has broken the barrier of not including the religious and community leaders in this kind of programmes, saying these are the kind of people that when they talk, the people listen and respond positively to them.

Advertisement
Continue Reading
Advertisement
Comments

News

How Trailer Sent To Kill Me Fell Flat, Dented — Iwo Monarch

Published

on

The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, said the trailer that was sent to kill him upon hitting him fell flat and got extremely dented.

The Osun monarch made the revelation while testifying to the power of God in a now-trending video on Tuesday.

Advertisement

READ ALSO: Police Arrest Notorious Cultists Linked To Rivers DPO’s Killing

While Oba Akanbi didn’t give details or the location of the incident, he noted that after the trailer hit him, he saw some angels of God dragging it.

“A trailer that was sent to kill us, hit us and fell flat and extremely dented. It was dragged away by angels of God. Except you do not choose God. Don’t have doubts while trusting God.”

Advertisement

Continue Reading

News

Contempt: Court Orders Substituted Service On INEC Chairman

Published

on

A Federal High Court in Abuja has told the National Rescue Movement it can serve court documents on the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Mahmood Yakubu, through someone else.

Justice Obiora Egwuatu made the ruling on Tuesday.

Advertisement

He said the documents, including Form 48 (which warns about disobeying a court order), should be given to any INEC staff member at its headquarters in Abuja.

He ordered that the name of whoever receives the documents must be written in an affidavit and filed in court.

READ ALSO: Anambra Governorship: INEC Publishes Final List, Announces Date For Campaign

Advertisement

This ruling followed a request from NRM’s lawyer, Oladimeji Ekengba, who said INEC and Yakubu ignored a court order from March 5.

That order had directed them to accept the outcome of the party’s emergency convention held on January 17, where Chief Edozie Njoku was elected National Chairman.

Ekengba said it had become almost impossible to serve the INEC chairman directly.

Advertisement

The judgment debtor/respondent’s chairman has implemented numerous protocols, making it practically impossible for the bailiff to serve him personally,” Ekengba told the court.

READ ALSO: CSO, Stakeholders Lament Impact Of Mining In Edo Communities, Want A Halt

He also explained that INEC only accepts legal documents at a designated registry near its Abuja office gates.

Advertisement

Earlier, NRM’s lawyer, Joe Agi, had written to Yakubu, reminding him that the court had already ordered INEC to recognise the new party leadership.

On January 16, Justice Emeka Nwite had ordered INEC to monitor and accept the January 17 convention.

But since INEC had not complied, the party returned to court, which led to the current contempt proceeding.

Advertisement

Justice Egwuatu adjourned the case until July 15.

 

Advertisement
Continue Reading

News

Worshippers Escape Death As Building Collapses On Church In Lagos

Published

on

Some worshippers at a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God located in the Somolu area of Lagos State escaped death by a whisker on Monday after a two-storey building that was under construction collapsed on the church building.

The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that the building collapsed during the decking process.

Advertisement

He stated that one of the pillars of the collapsed building fell on the church building.

Oke-Osanyintolu stated, “Upon the arrival of the agency’s response team at the scene, it was observed that a two-storey building under construction was found to have collapsed during the decking process.

READ ALSO: Why Buildings Keep Collapsing In Nigeria — Experts

Advertisement

“Preliminary investigations conducted by the Cobra response team revealed that the collapsed structure was one of two structures being constructed at the site. The cause of the incident has yet to be determined as of the time of report.

“No life was lost and no injuries recorded as the workers reportedly escaped the scene unscathed before the arrival of emergency responders.”

He added that upon arrival at the scene, a search and rescue operation was carried out and it was discovered that nobody was trapped under the debris of the collapsed building.

Advertisement

The Perm Sec also noted that worshippers at the RCCG parish escaped without injuries.

READ ALSO: One Dead, Three Rescued In Lagos Building Collapse

The pillars of the collapsed building fell on a church (RCCG, Liberty Parish at 5 Craig Street) which was partially affected but no life was lost and no injuries were sustained as worshippers in the church also escaped unscathed.

Advertisement

“The Cobra response team alongside all other responders coordinated a search of the incident scene to ensure no victim was trapped under the collapsed building.

“Public enlightenment and sensitisation were carried out on the need to stay away from the collapsed site,” Oke-Osanyintolu stated.

READ ALSO:

Advertisement

The PUNCH reported on May 29 that the bodies of 16-year-old Maleek, his 13-year-old sister, Ameerah, and their 73-year-old uncle, known simply as Bolaji, were recovered from the rubble of a collapsed two-storey building in the Ota-Ona community of Ikorodu, Lagos State.

According to The PUNCH, incident occurred along Awolowo Road, where it was gathered that the three victims were members of the same family.

The uncompleted structure, according to sources in the community, was being financed by a member of the family based in the United Kingdom, while the late septuagenarian was overseeing the construction in Nigeria.

Advertisement

Continue Reading

Trending