The minister of women affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, said 27,698 cases of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) were recorded in six states between 2020-2023.
Mrs Kennedy-Ohanenye disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday in commemoration of this year’s global 16 days of activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV).
The global observance, which runs from Nov. 25 (the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women) until Dec. 10 (Human Rights Day), is a key international moment to call for an end to violence against women and girls.
The celebration has “UNITE! Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls” as the theme for 2023.
The minister, therefore, called for nationwide implementation of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act, saying it would help in reducing SGBV cases.
She added that “statistics from the GBV Data Situation room estimates that 35 per cent of women, with one in every three Nigerian females, experience…