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Amby Uneze
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and National Orientation Agency (NOA) have appealed to the Imo State House of Assembly to enact the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Act (VAPP) to save the girl child from all forms of violence and abuse.
The agencies made the call at a workshop with community and religious leaders from Njaba and Isu Local Government Areas of Imo State on the need to eliminate Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Imo.
Speaking at the event, NOA State Director, Mr. Nazzy Njoku commended the Imo Assembly for enacting the Female Genital Mutilation (prohibition) Law (No. 6 of 2017) and charged the State Assembly to expedite action on the VAPP Act.