By Ahmad Umar
Gombe (Nigeria) – Gombe State Ministry for Women Affairs and Social Welfare has said that the proposed Gender and Equal Opportunities for All Persons Law is not for men and women to rub shoulders, but to create a space for women to have equal chances with their male counterpart in terms of access to services, opportunities and societal resources for sustainable development.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Ishiaku Mohammed stated this at a two day review meeting of the state gender committee organised by the UN Women in collaboration with the Ministry in Gombe on Tuesday
“My esteem members, this review meeting is aimed at looking over and to brush up the Content of the Gender and equal Opportunities for All Person Bill, as well as to strategise ways to facilitate its passage in Gombe state
“I appreciate the strong effort made by the committee members who have been concurrently engaged in reviewing this bill today the bill has made reasonable progress in the right direction
“After series of sensitization and engagement with line stakeholders, am happy to inform the committee members that the bill is now with all members of the executive council to make their rightful inputs for onward reading by the exco and be presented to the state house of Assembly”, the Permanent Secretary said.
The Technical Advisor of the UN Women in Gombe State, Rhoda Zira-Dia, encouraged members of the various committees to work hard to ensure that the bill is passed before the end of the UN Women Project in Gombe, by June, this year.
Zira-Dia further said that the passage of the bill can encourage UN women to include Gombe if there would be phase 2 of the project.
“It is expected that at end of the review meeting, committee members will get the final draft of the bill, the Work plan and next steps to fast track passage of the bill.
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