The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Dr Hajo Sani, has urged members of the National Assembly to support the Gender Parity and Prohibition of Violence Against Women Bill.
This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday, March 21, 2016, by Sani, President Muhammadu Buhari’s aide on Administration Matters.
She
said Nigerian women were aware of the fact that the National Assembly
understood their yearnings and therefore expect them to promote all laws
for the protection of women’s rights and their potentialities.
She
said the lawmakers should be aware of Nigeria's commitment to various
international instruments such as the Convention on the Elimination of
All Kinds of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the African
Charter for Human and People's Rights, among others.
"It
is in this light that I want to thank the President of the Senate,
Bukola Saraki, for requesting that the proposed bill on gender parity
and prohibition of violence against women be re-presented to the senate.
"The
Senate President has urged women to go back to the drawing table and
review the document in such a way that it will stand a test of
plausibility.
"We are very hopeful that
the content of the revised bill will appeal to many senators for
adaptation as no nation prospers when over half of its population is
disenfranchised,” she said.
Sani also
commended the sponsor of the bill, Sen. Abiodun Olujimi, for her
courage, especially now that the senate is made up of only six per cent
women.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls
that Senate recently rejected the Gender and Equal Opportunity Bill at
its second reading.
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