The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), in collaboration with the Fred Nigeria Foundation, has urged Nigerians to leverage the toll-free number 6472 to end gender-based violence (GBV) in the country.
They made the call on Friday during a GBV awareness creation road walk that started from the Bekaji roundabout to Total Flyover along Jimeta Modern Market, Yola.
The Programme Officer of the foundation, Miss Ifeoma Ogbanufe, said the awareness creation exercise was part of this year’s 16-day activism to end violence against women and girls (VAWG) in Nigeria.
The campaign, with the theme “Invest to prevent violence against women and girls,” was designed to create awareness on the toll-free line to curb the menace.
She said the toll-free line provided an opportunity for victims of the GBV to lodge their complaints with the commission across the country.
The NHRC Coordinator in the state, Grace Mamza, said the exercise would expose the people to the effective use of the medium to report cases of human rights violations.
She advised the victims of violence and human rights violations to speak out and seek justice against the perpetrators.
