Minister: 3,600 Rapes Cases Recorded Nationwide during Covid-19 Lockdown - THISDAYLIVE

The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has disclosed that a total of 3,600 rape cases were reported nationwide during the lockdown associated with the Covid-19 pandemic.

She condemned the upsurge in rape cases nationwide, adding that reports she received from Commissioners for Women Affairs across the 36 states of the federation revealed the upsurge in the number of rape cases nationwide during the recently relaxed Covid-19 lockdown. Omo-Agege had told his visitor that the Senate passed the Sexual Harassment Bill in furtherance of its legislative agenda, which seeks the protection of women’s rights.

He also called on the minister and her entourage to equally reach out to the House of Representatives to immediately concur to the bill.

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