The Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs. Chinyere Esther Onyekesi, has restated her ministry’s readiness to work with any group genuinely committed to ending Gender-Based Violence, (GBV) in the state.
Onyekesi spoke while receiving members of the Anambra State Multi-Stakeholders Committee on Gender-Based Violence Prevention, MAP-GBV, who visited her office at the Professor Dora Akunyili Women Development Centre, Awka.
Madam Commissioner warned that GBV would not be tolerated, cautioning offenders to desist or leave the state, as her administration remains determined to track down perpetrators and see them prosecuted.
In his speech, the Chairman of MAP-GBV Prevention and Traditional Ruler of Olumbanasaa, Igwe Pius Omachaonu, briefed the Commissioner on the committee’s operations and revealed that its major sponsor, ActionAid Nigeria, would be exiting the programme by the end of the year.
The Monarch appealed to the ministry, being the domiciled host of the initiative, to assume full ownership so as to sustain its continuity.
Igwe Omachaonu also spoke on upcoming sensitisation activities and flagged the lack of office space as a major challenge hampering the committee’s coordination, appealing for greater support from the ministry.
