By: Valentine Adese (JP),
Two persons (Male) are currently being prosecuted for violating the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Law in Plateau State.
This was disclosed by the representative of the Plateau State Ministry of Justice (MOJ) at the Legal and Social Empowerment Program on Women’s Right at City Lodge Hotel in Jos, the Plateau State capital today, a program organized by, Women’s Rights Advancement And Protection Alternative (WRAPA).
According to the Ministry, one of the suspects is being tried for Assault, while the other is being tried for the rape of an 19 years old.
The program according to WRAPA’s Concept Note and Agenda is aimed at a public march (Campaign), calling for the implementation of the VAPP Law in Plateau State and a Town hall engagement with state and non-state actors on the re-passage of the Plateau State GEO Bill.
In their individual comments during an interview with Journalists, a Member of the Plateau State House of Assembly (PLHA), Hon. Daniel Nanbol Listick, the head of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) in Plateau State, Kaneng Tabitha Ahoro, the Deputy Director Legal, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Madam Kiyenpiya Nafuyai, among others, commended WRAPA for the technical support, programs and encouragements that have enable the state to achieve the current feat with respect to the protection of women.
Earlier, while welcoming the participants made up of professionals drawn from Lawyers the Police, Human Rights Activists, CSOs, the Media among others, the representative of the SG of WRAPA made participants to know that, in Plateau State, if the GEO Bill is re-passed into Law, discrimination of all sort, “Will be prohibited, equality through equity will be promoted and social and cultural practices that abuse the human rights of women and girls will be modified”.
On her part, while speaking to Journalists concerning the programs of WRAPA in the state, Madam Jummai Madaki (The State Coordinator of WRAPA), hailed the support of the organization to the state. She said the willingness of several organizations now finding and accepting Plateau as a better place to settle currently is because of the model Laws.
Adding that, “the passage and domestication of the VAPP Law in Plateau State has boosted the confidence of investors and other businesses to place Plateau and as a priority place to be. This is also because, the model Laws guaranty Human Rights”.
In all, she praised, Hon. Daniel Nanbol Listick, for his efforts at influencing the passage of the model Laws in the Plateau State House of Assembly.
As at the time of writing this report, the program has gone into its technical session.
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