The Development and Peace Initiative (DPI), an NGO, on Saturday called on the Kaduna State Government to domesticate all relevant instrument, particularly violence against Persons Prohibition and Child’s Protection Bills.
The Project Manager of DPI, Mr Emmanuel Tagwai, made the call during a campaign programme to in Sabon Gayan a community in Chikun Local Government Areas in Kaduna State.
The campaign has theme: “Together We Can End Gender Based Violence through Education”.
Tagwai said if the state government domesticates all relevant instruments, it will end Gender Base violence (GBV) in Education.
He explained that “one of the goals of DPI in 2017 was to continue to build awareness and advocate against all forms of gender based violence in education.
“The enrolment percentages of boy child are consistently higher than that of girl-child, out of schools the number that enroll in primary school in Nigeria, only 43 per cent enter Secondary Schools according to UNICEF 2013.
Group urges Kaduna govt to domesticate violence against person, child protection bills
