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Vanguard News FGM not a joke, UNFPA tells Govs On By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), has told state governors not to take the lingering practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) as a joke. So, the global agency asked them to step up, within their domains, funding and sensitization programmes on the seriousness of the practice as an act of gender-based violence. Dr. Zubaida Abubakar, UNFPA’s National Programme Analyst for Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV (Nigeria), made the call during a webinar on the dissemination of findings from t...

Female Genital Mutilation not a joke, UNFPA tells Govs On By Luminous Jannamike, Abuja The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), on Tuesday, told state governors not to treat the lingering practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) with levity. As the UN agency also charged them to step up, within their states, more funding and sensitization programmes on the seriousness of the practice as an act of gender-based violence. Dr Zubaida Abubakar, UNFPA’s National Programme Analyst for Adolescent Sexual Reproductive Health and HIV (Nigeria), made the call during a webinar on the disseminatio...

Ensuring ANC services stressed to prevent obstetric fistula 725 RANGPUR, Dec 20, 2020 (BSS) – Experts at a workshop have stressed ensuring antenatal care (ANC) services to prevent obstetric fistula, a devastating injury in which an abnormal opening forms between a woman’s bladder and vagina, resulting in urinary incontinence. They viewed this at the divisional workshop on the UNFPA-funded ‘End Obstetric Fistula in Rangpur Division: Annual Progress and Highlights’ held at LABM Hospital in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur on Saturday. Presided over by Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Md. ...

The United Nations Population Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), and education experts have called for equal opportunities for girls and women to access quality education in order to actualise their potentials in the society, stating that 9.5million girls aged between 10 and 17 were out-of-school in the country. Speaking at a virtual conference with the theme, “Girl Child Education in Nigeria”, organised by EVA as part of the 9JAYouthTalk webinar series recently, they, however, urged young girls to aspire for education and remain committed in its pursuit. The conference, which featur...

The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed into law the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) N453.2billion budget for 2020. The sum covers the capital, personnel expenditure, and other costs of the commission for the period ending on March 31, 2021. The passage of the budget was sequel to the consideration of the report by the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission at the Committee of Supply. Laying the report before the plenary, the Chairman of the Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, stated that the committee “carried out a h...