By Beauty John, LAFIA
The Speaker, Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi is sponsoring a Bill for a Law to enact the Nasarawa State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Law and other Matters Connected Therewith.
According to the speaker, his reason for sponsoring the bill is to ensure that offenders do not go unpunished.
He opined that it would go a long way in curbing the rate of gender-based violence crime in the state if finally passed into law.
Balarabe Abdullahi while presenting the first reading of the bill said that it has become imperative due to the negative effects of gender violence to societal development.
“This is a Bill for a Law to Enact the Nasarawa State Gender-Based Violence (Prohibition) Law and other Matters Connected Therewith,” he said.
Rt. Hon. Nehemiah Tsentse Dandaura, Deputy Speaker of the House, who presided over the sitting, slated September 15, 2020 for the second reading of the bill.
The Majority Leader of the House, Hon Tanko Tunga seconded the motion for the bill to scale first reading.
