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SON: From left— Adamawa State Coordinator, Standards Organisation of Nigeria, SON, Mr. Sunday
Galadinma; Falicitator, Dr James Aghonhese; North-East Zonal Coordinator, SON, Engr. Albert
Willberforce, and Chairman, North- East Zone of MAN, Alhaji Ahamed Jarma, at the public sensitisation
of SON ACT 2015 in Yola, Adamawa State.
Rape of displaced minors: Borno get care centre
By Ndahi Marama
M AIDUGURI—
RESIDENTS of
Borno State, where
internally-displaced
women and girls are
reportedly raped daily,
have expressed
happiness over
government’s opening of
a referral care centre for
sexually-abused persons.
This came barely days
after the state’s Police
Commissioner, Mr.
Damian Chukwu, raised
an alarm on the escalating
cases of rape, especially
By John Mkom
J ALINGO—THE
herdsmen and farmers
in Taraba State have agreed
to lay down their arms and
embrace peace, with an
accord signed in a security
meeting organised by the
National Economic
Council, NEC, Committee
on Farmers/Herdsmen
clashes in Nigeria, headed
by the Vice President,
Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
Also, an ad hoc technical
committee, headed by
Governor David Umahi of
Ebonyi State, was with his
team in Taraba State for the
conflict resolution.
While reading the
resolutions of the ad hoc
technical committee with all
the tribes and social cultural
associations in the state,
Governor Umahi said the
two groups and other tribes
in the state have resolved
that henceforth, there will
be no more clashes
between farmers and
herders.
He said: “In three days,
we have spent about 14
hours to interface with the
parties; it has been so
of minors.
The Police boss said it is
easy for rape culprits to
get away with the crime,
because the victims’
parents often do not want
to press for charges due
to possible stigma.
According to the Police
chief, who briefed
newsmen on the security
situation in the state,
cases of rape had become
prevalent in the camps for
internally-displaced
persons, IDPs.
Chukwu, whose
lamentations resulted in
the setting up of the
referral centre by the state
government, advocated
possible enactment of the
sexual abuse law, and
setting up of special
tribunal for offenders.
Borno First Lady
Wife of the Borno State
governor, Mrs. Nana
Shettima, who led officials
of the state and
international development
agencies to open the Sexual
Assualt Referral Centre,
SARC, facility in
Maiduguri, the state
capital, said the trend of
raping of vulnerable
Herdsmen, farmers reach
compromise In Taraba
fruitful and we are happy.
“We discovered that some
leaders and stakeholders
have not been telling their
followers the truth about the
anti-open grazing law, but
resorted to extorting money
from their followers for
litigation.
“We found that some
clauses in the anti-open
grazing law were not
friendly and we all resolved
that such clauses be
amended to accommodate
all citizens; the government
also accented to our plea.
“Both parties in all the
meetings held here in
Taraba have agreed that
ranching is the best practice
in the modern days.
“It was also agreed that
no herder should come into
the state without
acknowledgment letter
from a village head, where
he is coming from and
such herder must get
acceptance letter from the
community chief of where
he intend to settle, before
any land will be allocated
to him for grazing.”
Umahi added that a peace
and reconciliation
committee had been
constituted to tackle the
issues and report to NEC
in Abuja.
Ortom urged to cooperate with FG
THE Buhari Media
Support Group,
BMSG, has advised
Governor Samuel Ortom of
Benue State to extend a
hand of support to the
Federal Government in its
efforts to address the
security challenges in the
country.
In a statement in Abuja,
the group explained that
Ortom's hostility towards
President Buhari is
counter-productive to the
synergy that is needed to
tackle security issues or
problems in the country.
According to the BMSG,
no security issue should be
treated in isolation, as such
method amounts to
scotching a snake without
killing it.
It noted that the
recruitment and training of
militias by politicians is no
less violent than the
females had become
worrisome.
Mrs Shettima said: “The
centre is put in place under
the EU-funded British
Council programme,
Managing Conflict in
North-East, MCN.
“With Boko Haram
displacing well over two
million people, mostly
women and children,
several cases of sexual
abuses, especially raping of
young girls, have become
the order of the day within
and outside the IDP camps
in Borno State.
“The SARC centre is
expected to provide
medical and psycho-social
care for all persons that are
sexually abused from all
parts of the state.”
Commissioner,
Project Manager
The Commissioner for
Health, Dr. Haruna
Mshellia, said the SARC
facility will also function as
a hub for collation of
forensic evidence that will
aid the possible prosecution
of rapists and related
sexual abusers.
Earlier, Project Manager
of MCN, Professor Tabiu
Mohammed, said the
SARC centre was part of the
organisation's programmes
aimed at promoting the
involvement of women in
peace building and
addressing violence on
women and girls.
menace of the herdsmen,
adding that the discovery
of training camps for
militias has made it
imperative for government
to tackle security
comprehensively.
Reassuring Nigerians of
Buhari’s determination to
tackle insecurity without
compromise, BMSG
advised Ortom to stop
playing politics with the
matter.
Kwara begins mandatory
health insurance scheme
By Chioma
Obinna
KWARA
State
government has
begun advocacy
activities for the take-off
of its mandatory state
Health Insurance
Scheme, KWHIS, to
improve access to
quality, equitable and
affordable healthcare
services.
Speaking at a briefing,
the Interim Chair of
Kwara Health Insurance
Scheme Committee, Dr.
Bunmi Jetawo-Winter,
explained that the
scheme was a scale-up of
the Community Based
Health Insurance
Scheme, CBHIS, started
in 2007 with the support
of PharmAccess
Foundation and the
Dutch Health Insurance
Fund.
Jetawo-Winter added
that CBHIS commenced
in Edu Local
Government Area and
By Bashir Bello
KATSINA—A nongovernmental
organisation, Gwagware
Foundation, yesterday,
endorsed President
Muhammadu Buhari
and Governor Aminu
Bello Masari of Katsina
State for 2019 elections.
The Director General,
Small and Medium
Enterprises
Development Agency,
SMEDAN, Dr. Dikko
Radda, who doubles as
the Gwagwaren Katsina,
led the Foundation.
Dr. Radda said those
criticising President
Buhari should know that
he was not in power to
enrich himself, but for the
love he has for the
expanded to 11 others by
2009, across all the three
senatorial districts and
provided coverage for
200,000 residents.
Jewato-Winter said: “The
CBHIS proved a major
success and generated
significant impact in health
care delivery and access
within the state. It
garnered momentous
attention locally and
internationally and
received the Financial
Times/
IFC
Transformational
Business Award for
Achievement in
S u s t a i n a b l e
Development: Maternal
and Infant Health.”
On her part, the
Country Director of
PharmAccess Foundation,
Mrs. Njide Ndili,
expressed satisfaction with
the progress made so far
and commended Governor
AbdulFatah Ahmed for his
commitment to providing
health cover for all
residents of Kwara State.
Foundation endorses
Buhari, Masari for 2019
THE Voice of Freedom
Network, a pressure
group in Delta State, has
lauded Governor Ifeanyi
Okowa on his Man of the
Year 2017 award by the
Independent
Newspaper.
In a statement, the
group’s Convener, Mr.
Victor Adaka,
commended Okowa for
performing “creditably
well in the face of
economic hardship
caused by a Federal
Government that has
made citizens helpless.”
Describing the
country and to give his best
to alleviate the sufferings
of Nigerians for good.
Earlier, the Katsina State
Chairman of the
Foundation, Alhaji Kabir
Usman, said the
endorsement was to follow
the footstep of All
progressives Congress,
APC, in the state, which
endorsed the President
and the governor and gave
them automatic tickets.
He said it endorsed the
governor on the grounds
of his intervention in the
areas of education, health
and security, among others.
Meanwhile, Governor
Masari has warned the
people against violent
protest that can lead to
break down of law and
order in the state.
Voice of Freedom lauds
Okowa on award
opposition in Delta State as
a “bunch of failed
politicians looking for daily
bread,” the group insisted
that “the masses are
starting to appreciate
Okowa for the numerous
projects he is
undertaking.”
Adaka said: “We urge
those who have been lured
into the wilderness of
meaningless opposition in
Delta to repent, instead of
sitting idle in their homes
and hotel rooms, looking
for ways to condemn a
performing governor that
deserves a second term.”