The FCT Administration’s Executive Committee (FCTA EXCO) is set to establish more sexual assault referral centres in the territory. DAILY TRUST reports.Information Guide Nigeria
He said the EXCO further directed the establishment of mobile courts to try SGBV cases.
Malam Muhammad Sule, the FCTA’s Director, Information and Communication, said this in a statement yesterday.
Sule explained that the centres were to serve as shelter for survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) across the territory.NYSC Portal
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He added that the survivors of SGBV who had been abused and were experiencing trauma needed to be properly cared for.
He said, “The FCT EXCO, while reviewing presentations by the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) on its activities, programmes and projects, stated that the administration is committed to building more shelter for survivors of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.
“The centres will accommodate the increasing number of SGBV survivors across the territory.”
The director explained that the EXCO had also directed the SDS to initiate plans for immediate reintegration of children in various orphanages and activate the FCT Juvenile Correctional Centre.
He said the EXCO further directed the establishment of mobile courts to try SGBV cases.JAMB Result
