Stakeholders have urged relevant authorities including the judiciary and law enforcement agencies to ensure that circumcision and genital mutilation of the female child comes to an end in Ebonyi and in Nigeria. Participants at the workshop include members of Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Civil Defense Corps and judiciary workers. On his part, the UNICEF desk officer in the ministry, Mr Emmanuel Nkwuda, said the workshop was geared at increasing the participant’s knowledge on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and efforts to end the practices in Ebonyi state. Mrs Ijeoma Ajanwachukwu regretted that enforcement has not been done as expected despite the domestication of the VAPP law. According to her, such a clause gave room for the continuation of the act undercover.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 29, 2020 06:56 UTC