Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has assured that the state’s ‘Priority Response Plan to End Violence Against Children,’ will strengthen measures to check violence against children and protect them from abuse.
Obaseki who was represented by his deputy, Honourable Philip Shaibu, at the launching of the Edo State Priority Response Plan to End Violence Against Children E-VAC,’ in Benin City, noted that such structures were necessary to guarantee children the opportunity to contribute to national development.
He said the policy, will check and strengthen legal framework put in place to end violence against children, adding that he is however, optimistic that with the E-VAC document, individuals who perpetuate any form of violence against children in the state will be prosecuted for the crime.
The governor reiterated, that the state will continue to strengthen all legal apparatus put in place to protect children in the state against abuses.
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