Stakeholders in the mining sector in Nasarawa State have urged the government to put in place more stringent measures to combat gender-based violence and child abuse in the sector.
The call was made in Lafia at a three-day training for service providers on gender-based violence against women in mining.
The training brought together community-based civil society organizations, security agencies, the National Human Rights Commission, and the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to find solutions to tackle violence against women in the mining industry
The Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Labaran Magaji, represented by the Director of Public Defender, Gender-Based Violence, Justina Alu, expressed concerns over the rising cases of sexual violence against women on mining sites across the state.
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He gave the assurance that the state government would deploy resources to protect the rights of women in mining
Participants at the training, called for stiffer punitive measures against perpetrators of violence against women at mining sites.
The training had discussions as well as question-and-answer sessions, with stakeholders expressing commitment to work together to tackle gender-based violence and child abuse in the mining sector in Nasarawa State and Nigeria at large.
(Editor: Ebuwa Omo-Osagie)
