By Ikugbadi Oluwasegun
As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the Day of zero Tolerance for the Practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) reminds citizens, healthcare workers and other duty bearers of the need to strengthen their collaborations to end FGM in Nigeria.
The theme of this year’s commemoration is Stepping Up the Pace: Strengthening Alliances and Building Movements to End FGM.
Tony Ojukwu, Executive Secretary of the Commission made this statement in Abuja noted that the Commission has always been at the forefront of eradicating the painful, unhealthy, harmful and degrading practice of FGM in Nigeria.
He observed that NHRC in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and Civil Resource Development and Documentation Centre (CIRDDOC) had in 2017 produced a training Manual on human rights and other related issues of FGM in Nigeria to stem the tide of this human rights violation in various communities across the federation.
He also urged Nigerian’s to leverage the NHRC toll-free line 6472 to report any case of FGM and other cases of human rights violations to the Commission.
