The Federal Government, on Thursday, inaugurated an Inter-Ministerial Management Committee on Eradication of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) to carry out a holistic examination of the issue from the legal, socio-cultural and economic perspective.
While inaugurating the committee, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) said sexual-based violence, which is a prevalent global problem is a grave violation of the human rights of victims as guaranteed by the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria and prohibited by several domestic laws and international human rights instruments.
Malami, among others, charged the committee…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
