Governor. Sule Challenges Women Journalists To Establish A Desk On Women Suffering In IDP’S Camps, Abuses Against Women

Rabiu Omaku

 

Governor, Abdullahi Alhaji.Sule of Nasarawa State has challenged Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) to  fashioned out ways to profer solutions that would bring an end to issues affecting women in the State.

 

The Governor revealed this while declaring the Zonal Executive Council Meeting and Seminar On Violence Against Women with the Theme “Violence Against Women And Children Let’s Take Action” organized by NAWOJ, Nasarawa State chapter open.

 

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism,Allahnana Ari who represented the Governor tasked NAWOJ to establish to a data base for recording incidents of violence against women and children, which he said would be use as an evidence to challenge the State Government.

 

“What I expect from NAWOJ today is to discuss issues that would better the lot of women and children instead of sitting on the fence blaming the Government”.

 

According to the Governor,”NAWOJ should not hesitate to establish a desk to monitor all forms of violence against women and children,adding that  a lot needed to be done by the Association to salvage women suffering at Internally Displaced Persons (IDP’S) camps”.

 

He also urged the Association to embarked on sensitization of women whom he said failed victims of duping or money doublers on daily basis.

 

“A lot of women today are victims of either money doublers or wonder banks”.

 

Calling on womenfolk to take it upon themselves to ensure that the Child Rights Act passed into law by the second Assembly sees the light of the day.

 

“Can you imagine that from inception the Nasarawa State House of Assembly produces only one female lawmaker.

 

Urging women Journalists to take stringent measure towards tackling violence against women and children.

 

“Just recently we learnt that a woman in Lagos lock a child in a cage with her dogs,we also had series of violence against children by biological parents punishing their Wade just because he was wrongly accused of been a witch”.

 

Engr.Abdullahi Alhaji.Sule reiterated his administration readiness to support Journalists at all times in the discharge of their social responsibility.

 

The former President of National Centre for Women Society (NCWS),Ramatu Dalhatu says the implementation of the Child Rights Act signed into law by the second Assembly in 2004 would address the rising spate of violence against children in the State.

 

Appealing to Government at all levels to take a bold steps to nip the effect of child labour, street begging, hawking which leads to assault by the bud.

 

Calling on the Federal Government to involved more women in its cash transfer programme so as to cushion the effect of poverty in the country.

 

Vice President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Zone D,Chief Wilson Bako commended the Vice President of the Zone, Jamila Abubakar for organizing the epoch making event which he said was first of kind.

 

He challenged Women Journalists to focus on writing Articles and reporting that would expose the menace of herders/farmers clashes that ravage North Central zone.

 

Stating that majority of people suffering at the IDP’S camps are women passing untold hardship as well advised Government to foist herders to go back to their place of abode.

 

“There was wantom disturbances in Kwara,Kogi, Plateau, Nasarawa, Benue,Niger, he hinted.

 

Also speaking,the State Chairman of the NUJ,Comrade Dogo Shammah applauded the organisers of meeting for choosing Nasarawa State.

 

The number Journalists explained that the State have produces three Vice Presidents namely, Vice President NUJ, Zone D,Chief Wilson Bako, Vice President, Sport Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Danmusa Mohammed and Vice President, Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), Jamila Abubakar.

 

He commended the State Governor, Engr.Sule for carrying all Journalists along, he added that the Chief Executive approved the landscape  of the Press centre.

 

Shammah tasked Journalists to always balance their reports before going to the press.