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A Lagos-based church gave Nigerians more than enough to discuss both online and offline last week when the flier of its special programme scheduled to be held on December 15, 2023, surfaced online.
Some women rights activists in the country have said that perpetrators of Gender-Based violence (GBV) should be punished for their actions.
They argued that Nigeria is not making headway with ending GBV because perpetrators go unpunished and government institutions are always looking for ways to settle the case out of court, despite the pain suffered by the victims.
ActionAid Country Director, Ene Obi, at the launch of the Women-Led Integrated Protection Action Against Gender-Based Violence Project and the commemoration of the 16-day activism to end GBV in the country, lamented the increasing cases of gender-based violence in the country.
She noted that between January and May 2020, over 717 women suffered different forms of gender-based violence, particularly rape. According to her, Edo, Niger and Adamawa states have records of high cases of the menace, with a monthly increase by 149 per cent in 23 states, including those in the North East.