The Nasarawa state house of Assembly Thursday organised a one day public hearing on Gender Based Violence (prohibition) bill 2020.
Speaker of the House Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, while declaring the event open in Lafia said that the bill if finally passed into law, would tackle the rising cases of Gender Based Violence in the state.
Abdullahi who was represented by Hon. Tanko Tunga, the majority leader of the house appreciated stakeholders for attending the workshop and assured them that their inputs would be critically analysed and use accordingly.
He said the House would do everything possible to stop or reduce it to the barest minimum in the state.
“We called you to hear your sincere opinion on how to tackle the menace if not by 100 per cent but to reduce it to the barest minimum in the state.
“The speaker has restated the continued determination of the House to pass resolutions and bills that would tackle rape and gender based violence for the overall development of the state ,” he said.
Earlier, Barr. Mohammed Ibrahim Alkali, the chairman, joint committee on Judiciary and women affairs said that the public hearing would also give the House direction in order to ensure the success of the bill.
He also assured of collaboration with the state ministry of Justice and other stakeholders in ensuring that the bill become a reality.
Dr. Abdulkarim Kana, Hajiya Halima Jabiru, the state commissioner for Justice and women affairs respectively while making their presentations assured of their readiness to support the assembly with inputs that would ensure the success of the bill.
