From TCNEWS
The Project Director, Vision Spring Initiative, Mrs Ngozi Nwosu-Juba has observed that issues of human rights abuse and Gender Based Violence among others happening around Abia State were yet to be fully unraveled.
To this end, she enjoined founders of Non-Governmental Organisations and Chief Security Officers in the State to be responsive and take responsibility in the fight against human rights abuse and Gender Based Violence so as to reduce its prevalence in the society.
Speaking in Umuahia, during a one day consultative/Media meeting organized by Vision Spring Initiative in collaboration with Abia State Ministry of women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs Nwosu-Juba, also tasked the participants to be passionate and proactive in handling cases of human rights abuse and Gender Based Violence.
Furthermore, she said that the consultative meeting was aimed at collaborating and intensifying efforts towards protecting the rights of women and girls.
Some participants who spoke at the event, enumerated some of the challenges they face while carrying out their duties and solicited for Governments assistants to enable them function optimally
The event which had in attendance participants drawn from the civil society organizations, heads of Security Agencies, human rights and legal practitioners, also featured an interactive session.