Critical stakeholders in Kaduna state have been urged to strengthen collaboration towards achieving a gender-based violence-free society.
The wife of the Kaduna State Governor, Hajiya Hafsat Uba Sani stated this during an awareness walk to mark the 2024 sixteen Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence in Kaduna.
The Annual two-to-three-kilometre road walk aims to raise awareness by providing the general public with accessible information about what gender-based violence is, its forms, possible remedies and existing support.
Addressing newsmen after the exercise that kick-started from the NEPA roundabout and ended at the Government House Kaduna, the wife of the Governor, who was represented by the State Commissioner, Business Innovation and Technology, Mrs Patience Fakai reiterated the need for governments and all stakeholders to work together towards ensuring that vulnerable people are protected against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.
The wife of the Governor assured that the state government will continue to take all necessary measures that will ensure any form of child and women abuses are addressed at all levels.
Also speaking, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Gender and Social Inclusion, Rebecca Maulome Padonu, and her Counterpart on Social Investment, Hajiya Falmata Abacha who described Gender Based Violence as a pervasive issue that affects not only women but entire communities advocated for stricter punishments for the perpetrators of the heinous act.