By Justina Auta The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, says 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have domesticated the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) Act 2015 to curb incessant cases of violence across states. Tallen, who said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ministerial Forum in Abuja, added that 32 states have also domesticated the Child Rights Act (CRA) 2003. She said the acts would help in reducing the menace of violence, especially Gender-Based Violence (GBV), ensure perpetrators are prosecuted, provide support to survivors and protect the rights of women, girls and children and men…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
India has called on rich countries to fulfil a decade-old promise to provide $100 billion in annual climate finance to developing nations. In 2009, a coalition of economically developed countries – including the USA, France, Germany, and the UK – pledged to give climate change-impacted nations $100 billion (€101 billion) per year by 2020. This promise has not been met, India’s government said on Friday – and needs to be increased. “The goal of $100 billion per year of climate finance by 2020 and every year thereafter through till 2025 is yet to be achieved,” the government said in a…
An auto crash on Saturday, claimed lives of five persons and two injured at Isma village on the Bauchi-Jos Highway. Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi State, confirmed the figure when he spoke in Bauchi on Saturday. He said two other persons were seriously injured in the crash which involved one Peugeot 406 car and a DAF tanker. He attributed the cause of the crash to speed violation. “Seven persons were involved in the fatal crash, and they include three male adults, three female adults and 1 female child. “Two each of the…
The Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Iyorcha Ayu on Saturday, held a consultative meeting with Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed. Ayu accompanied by the Director-General of the PDP Presidential Campaign Council, Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, former governor of Jigawa, Sule Lamido and Mohammed met behind closed doors. The delegation arrived in Bauchi in the evening to meet Mohammed over pressing issues in the party. Speaking shortly before the meeting, Ayu described Mohammed as one of the major national stakeholders who contributed to the development of the party. “We are here to brief you on some of the…
By Justina Auta The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, says the nullification of the Adamawa All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Sen. Aisha Dahiru-Binani (Adamawa Central), is unacceptable. Tallen said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ministerial Forum in Abuja. The minister, who described the problem that led to the nullification as a party issue, said that the judgment should be reversed, as the results of the governorship primary election clearly showed that she won. She added that “the nullification of our only female candidate for the governorship in Adamawa is unacceptable. “It is unacceptable to…
By Justina Auta Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen, says efforts are on to support female candidates vying for various political offices in the 2023 general elections through capacity building to ensure service delivery. Tallen said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ministerial Forum in Abuja. According to her, the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Women Affairs with relevant stakeholders’ collaboration, will organise programmes that will further equip female candidates for the positions they are contesting for. She said “we are planning to have a capacity building programme in conjunction with UN Women to see that women…
By Justina Auta The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to compel political parties to mainstream gender issues in candidates’ selection. She made the call during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ministerial Forum in Abuja. The minister, who said that political parties were not fair to women and needed to mainstream gender policies in the nomination of candidates for various political positions, added that “I will say without mincing words, that all the political parties are not fair to women. “Unless gender is mainstreamed, unless INEC does something about…
By Justina Auta The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, says the ministry is targeting increased women participation in all the sectors of the economy. Tallen said this during the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Ministerial Forum in Abuja. She said that the ministry had achieved a lot but has not reached its target, adding that “our target is to see that women are represented in every sector of the economy. “We were far below, but under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, a lot has been done in the Ministry of Women Affairs to create awareness and to…
By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi A non governmental organisation (NGO) in Bauchi, Nurture & Empower Her Initiative (NEHI) has pledge to provide conditional cash transfer for 70 orphaned girls to enable them settle their school fees. This was part of a one day sensitization programme for the girlchild on how to protect herself against any form of abuse and molestation. The sensitization program tagged, ‘My body is my body’, was organized for over 70 girls of the Bauchi State School for Orphans located at the state owned orphanage. ASHENEWS reports that the Executive Director of the NGO, Florence Uzoanya explained that the…
By Justina Auta Gender A coalition, “100 Women Lobby Group”, has called on the Nigerian University Commission (NUC) to enforce the development and implementation of gender policies in institutions. The group made the appeal on the sideline of a workshop on “Engagement with female youth leaders on gender policy” for students and staff of University of Abuja. It said that such a step would help to curb all forms of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG). Mrs Felicia Onibon, the National Coordinator of the group, decried the rampant incidences of violence, sexual harassment and intimidation of female students. She added…