90% Kwara homes engaged in female genital mutilation - NGO

Date: 2017-10-14

A Non-Governmental Organisation, Women and Youth Development Initiative (WOYODEV), has said that over 90 per cent of homes in Kwara State carry out female genital mutilation otherwise known as circumcision.

Speaking with this medium, yesterday, the Executive Director of the organisation, Mrs Tosin Ajayi said the figure was derived from investigation and series of interviews carried out by the NGO in the state.

According to Ajayi, the only solution to problem confronting the girl-child is by putting an end to circumcision.

On the widespread believe that a circumcised woman is promiscuous, she said "there are so many women out there that are not circumcised and are more promiscuous than you can ever imagine, they still have flair for men, it all depends on the mind and the upbringing."

Similarly, Mrs Mariam Yusuf who represented the Kwara State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajia Ayinke Saka called for concerted efforts from individuals and other NGOs in the fight against female genital mutilation.

"We are calling on all NGOs to join in the campaign against female circumcision because the act portends various degrees of health challenges for the girl-child. It could lead to cervical cancer and other deadly ailment," she stated.

In her remarks, the keynote speaker, Mrs. Taiwo Oredola said large percentage of girls and women between the age of 15 and 49 have undergone female genital mutilation in Nigeria, adding that the process involves partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for nonmedical reasons.

In the same vein, Dr (Mrs.) Zainab Balogun who spoke on the topic, 'The need to end Female Genital Mutilation' stated that the act is a criminal offence as provided by the nation's constitution.

Balogun, who is also the Chief Executive Officer of Bazarab Educational Foundation said, "Circumcision or mutilation of the girl-child or woman is hereby prohibited. Any person who performs female circumcision or female genital mutilation or engages in carrying out such commits an offence and liable upon conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 4 years or a fine not exceeding N200,000 or both.

"Since female genital mutilation has no verifiable health benefit, ending it will help stop a form of sexual violence against future generation of girls and women as well as protect their human rights, she posited.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kayode Yusuf     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Ekweremadu     Segun Abifarin     Tsado Manman     Amuda Musbau     Mazars Consulting     Simeon Ajibola     Obuh     Ganiyu Taofiq     Alaro     Sunday Fagbemi     Yomi Adeboye     MMWG     Idofin     Oke-Oyi     Alloy Chukwuemeka     KWASAA     Danladi     Awodun     Aminu Ado Bayero     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Saad Omo\'ya     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Tunji Oyawoye     Haleeman Salman     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Jaigbade Alao     New Model Police Station     Lola Olabayo     Abdul-Rahoof Bello     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Albert Ogunsola     Aliyu U. Tilde     Moshood Mustapha     Lateef Fagbemi     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     United Nigeria Congress Party     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Oba-Solagberu     Kwara Politics     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Pategi     Ubandoma     Florence Saraki     NIPOGA     Elekoyangan     Kunbi Titiloye     SGBN     Idowu Laro     Simon Sayomi     Halimah Perogi     Bayo Ojo     Kabir Shagaya     Najim Yaasin     Rotimi Oyedepo     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Lawal Olohungbebe     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Omotosho     Sobi Hill     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Hikmah AbdulKareem     Magaji Erubu     Centre For Digital Economy     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Offorjama     Sayomi     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Lanre Badmus     Omoniyi Ayinla     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Marafan Shonga     Kubra Kazum     EFCC     Osinbajo     3MTT    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Alaaya     Sabitiyu Grillo     Grillo     Yakub Ali-Agan     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Oke-Kura     Jaiz Bank     Amina El-Imam     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Kayode Issa     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Quran     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Adamu Attah     Charles Ibitoye     Bolaji Aladie     Ijagbo     Park     Shonga     KWASSIP     Salary     Babaita     Read With Me     Kaiama     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Malete     Kwara Restoration Project     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Joseph Bamigboye     National Broadcasting Commission     Saba Jibril     Mansur Alfanla     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Mohammed Haruna     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Olaoye B. Felix     SWAN     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     National Information Technology Development Agency     Olaiya Lawal     Kayode Zubair     Tafida Of Ilorin     CLAY POT     Usman Yunusa     Kwara State Football Association     Razak Atunwa     2023 Elections     Colleges Of Education Academic Staff Union     Rafiu Ibrahim     Osuwa     Asa LGEA School     Ethical College     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Code Of Conduct     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Musbau A. Akanji     Iliasu     Kamaldeen Kehinde     Lithium Deposit     Kuliyan Geri     Durbar     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Abdullahi Atanda     Kwara Metro Park     Smart School     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Saheed Popoola     Sambo Murtala     Lotus Bank     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Borgu     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     SDP