Delta state government plagued by high rate on sexual based violence is scared stiff and seeking way out of the National Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Dashboard.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community and Social Development, Mrs Oghenekevwe Agas, expressed the concerns on Thursday in Asaba.
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Speaking at a one-day training for caregivers and social welfare officers of the ministry, Agas reiterated government’s commitment to eradicate GBV in Delta.
She said the training was to keep benefitting Area Officers abreast of issues concerning the national dashboard on GBVs.
She added that it would also equip them with capacity to fill and upload information to the dashboard when reporting Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBVs).
She said the COVID-19 pandemic, sensitisation on GBV became necessary because of the alarming rate of SGBVs.
Agas noted that increasing rate of SGBVs made the Federal Government to create a situation room to monitor and collate data from states of the federation.
Resource person at the training, Mrs Olivia Akponehwe, taught participants how to use the national dashboard to report SGBVs on their incidence forms before uploading.
Akponehwe noted that aside rape, harassment and verbal abuse, there were other forms of SGBVs.
She explained that victims were normally referred to as survivors and advised the trainees not to be judgemental in dealing with survivors, but to assure them of protection and confidentiality.
