By Sunday Elijah
Nigeria has introduced a 4-digit shortcode toll-free telephone line to encourage citizens to report cases of sexual and gender-based violence.
The shortcode number is 6472.
Executive Secretary of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr Tony Ojukwu, announced this in Abuja at a multi-agency task team meeting on the Sexual and Gender-Based Violence register.
According to him the number would make it easier for survivors to obtain, report, and activate support and urged the public to use the code properly to report GBV cases.
Also speaking, a Deputy Director from National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mr Titus Amariju, says of the 25 states that have passed the Violence Against Persons Prohibition, VAPP Act, 7 have so far joined the Sexual Offender Register platform.
Mr Amariju stated that Edo had 202 sexual offenders, Delta had 105, and Kano had 38.
