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International Women’s Day: Taraba Speaker Kunini, advocates Fair Deal For Women
International Women’s Day: Taraba Speaker Kunini, advocates Fair Deal For Women
The Speaker of the Taraba state House of Assembly, Prof. Joseph Albasu Kunini has Joined the rest of the World to Celebrate International Women’s Day.
He said that there should be a fair deal for women around the world considering that women have been relegated to the background for a long.
Going by the theme of the International Women’s day 2022 ‘Gender Equality Today for Sustainable Tomorrow for women, by women, the speaker enjoined women to pick up the challenge of competing with their male counterparts in fields of human endeavours rather than wailing and wallowing in self-pity.
“There’s no gainsaying the fact that women who constitute more than half of the world’s population bear the brunt of gender inequality, bloody conflicts, and discrimination because they are branded as the weaker sex.
“I have always been a strong advocate for gender equality and opponent of discrimination against women in the society. It is this conviction that prompted me to personally sponsor the domestication of the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act, 2015 tagged, ‘The Taraba State Violence and Discrimination Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill, 2020’.
Kunini also noted that without the inclusion of women in the scheme of things, it is very unlikely that solutions for a sustainable planet and a gender-equal world will be achieved.
“Recall that after the 1995 Beijing Conference, the General Assembly of the United Nations unanimously adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (BPFA) is a global agenda for ensuring the improvement of human rights for women and girls.
“The BPFA set strategic objectives for the achievements of gender equality in critical areas of concern such as poverty, education, and training, armed conflict, and economy.
“It was against this background that I personally sponsored the domestication of the VAPP Act, 2015 tagged, The Taraba State Violence and Discrimination Against Persons (Prohibition) Bill, 2020 which has since been passed into law by the State House of Assembly and assented to by the Governor, Ach Darius Dickson Ishaku,” he said.
Reiterating his stand, Kunini said he is of a strong belief that International Women’s Day is designed to help forge a gender-equal world without bias, stereotypes and eliminate all forms of discrimination against women in the world.
He, therefore, called on the women to make concerted efforts towards creating awareness about the importance of gender equality and a level playing field for men and women even as they come from various women groups and civil society organizations to celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day.
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
By: Zagazola Makama
Suspected ISWAP terrorists have killed the chairman of the hunters’ group in Garjang village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the incident occurred at about 5 a.m. on Sunday.
The victim, identified as Habu Dala, 53, was abducted from his home by the terrorists, who took him through Mulharam to Forfot villages in Damboa LGA.
Villagers mobilised in search of Dala and later found his corpse bearing gunshot wounds.
Troops of Operation HADIN KAI, members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and the hunters’ group visited the scene.
The remains were evacuated to the General Hospital, Damboa, where he was certified dead and later released to his family for burial in accordance with Islamic rites.
ISWAP Terrorists Kill Hunters’ Leader in Borno
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
By: Zagazola Makama
Nine persons sustained machete injuries in a clash between Bassa farmers and Fulani herders in Gomoni Village, Kwali Area Council of the FCT.
Sources told Zagazola Makama that the fight, which broke out on Aug. 9 at about 3:30 p.m., followed alleged destruction of melon and maize farms belonging to the Bassa community by cattle.
It was gathered that the Nigeria army troops
along with joint team of operatives, and vigilantes were deployed to the scene following a distress call.
Six Bassa and three Fulani victims with varying degrees of machete cuts were taken to Rhema Foundation Hospital, Kwali, for treatment.
Authorities confirmed that the situation had been brought under control and normalcy restored, while investigation was ongoing.
Nine Injured in Kwali Farmers–Herders Clash
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VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
VP Shettima Attends Wedding Fatiha Of Aisha Shehu Aliyu and Muhammad Jalal Babangida Aliyu
By: Our Reporter
Vice President Kashim Shettima on Saturday attended the wedding fatiha of Aisha, daughter of Shehu Aliyu, an Executive Director with First Bank of Nigeria, and Muhammad Jalal, son of former Niger State Governor, Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, Talban Minna, at the National Mosque, Abuja.
The solemnisation, led by the Chief Imam of the National Mosque, Dr. Muhammad Kabir Adam, alongside other Imams, featured prayers for the couple’s blessings.
Vice President Shettima stood in for the bride, while Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu represented the groom, culminating in the presentation of the dowry and the formal tying of the marital knot.
The event was graced by prominent dignitaries, including former Vice President Namadi Sambo, former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Security Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, former Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi, former Minister of Special Duties Kabiru Turaki, Katsina State Deputy Governor Faruk Lawal Jobe, the Emir of Borgu, Niger State, Muhammad Sani Dantoro among many others.
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