NIGERIA'S VICE PRESIDENT SUPPORTS SEX OFFENDERS PROSECUTION AT STATES LEVELS, FOR BEST RESULT

Nigeria's Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo says there is need to intensify the engagements of state governments across the country, in order to deepen advocacy against gender based violence and strengthen official efforts to prevent it.

  

The vice president stated this on Tuesday while receiving the Liberian activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2011 for non-violent struggle, safety and women's rights Leymah Gbowee

 

According to Osinbajo driving prosecution for sex offenders is best done at the state level, particularly strengthening the States to do so at the National Economic Council.

 

He emphasized the need for States to exercise political will in order to get the desired results, as well as provide the necessary funding to implement, working together with the private sector.

 

On the Sex Offenders Register, Prof Osinbajo said it was something that needed a lot of attention, changing the orientation of men in particular, to understand it’s a campaign that must be championed by men”

 

Earlier in her remark Mrs. Gbowee noted the prevalence of rape in and out of conflict zones with impunity across Africa, stating that the successful launch of the sex offenders register in Nigeria is a huge milestone and Nigeria has set the precedence for other African countries to follow.

Mrs. Gbowee who is visiting Nigeria, gave the keynote address at the launch of the sex offenders register organized by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) On Monday