As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to celebrate children’s day, the Senate had at Thursday’s plenary, urged the Federal government not to relent in its effort to bringing all abducted and missing children back home safely.
Adopting the motion sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central),titled 2016 Children’s Day Celebration with the theme; ‘stop violence against children’ the Senate mandated its joint Committees on Women Affairs and Health to visit the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and look into the health and welfare of the women and children and recommend appropriately to the Senate.
It also urged the federal government to intensify advocacy to stop violence against children through the National Orientation Agency (NOA).
The upper chamber urged the federal government not to relent in its effort to bring back home all abducted and missing children safely.
The Senate commended the initiative by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Medical Doctors and other health professionals to deployed those under them to serve at IDP camps around the country.
Tinubu said that a proper system of education and global health care delivery are indispensable towards making Nigerian child relevant in the global context, stressing that the National Health Act, 2014, should exempt all pregnant women, the elderly, the disabled and children from paying for services in public hospitals.
She said: “Over 70% of the people in IDP camps are women and children who have been rendered orphans and widows.
We are worried that as a result of insurgency and the general security situation in the country, children and women have been rendered more vulnerable.”
Meanwhile, the Senate also called on the Nigeria Police Force to investigate the case of a 20 months-old Ibrahim Musa, who was assaulted on 20 May, 2016 by his grandmother and stepmother in Gulutown in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State.
In his remarks, Senate President, Bukola Saraki said that the issue of Musa must be investigated, stressing that the lawmakers will play their own role.
Saraki said: “We have directed the police to look into Ibrahim Musa’s case.
“It’s not only by what we say but we should play our own role,” he said
It was reported that they broke Musa’s bones and cut off his tongue as well as one of his eyes.
The victim is currently battling to live at the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano.
The Kano State Government has pledged to settle all hospital expenses incurred on the 20-month-old Musa Murtala.
Adopting the motion sponsored by Senator Oluremi Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central),titled 2016 Children’s Day Celebration with the theme; ‘stop violence against children’ the Senate mandated its joint Committees on Women Affairs and Health to visit the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and look into the health and welfare of the women and children and recommend appropriately to the Senate.
It also urged the federal government to intensify advocacy to stop violence against children through the National Orientation Agency (NOA).
The upper chamber urged the federal government not to relent in its effort to bring back home all abducted and missing children safely.
The Senate commended the initiative by the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Medical Doctors and other health professionals to deployed those under them to serve at IDP camps around the country.
Tinubu said that a proper system of education and global health care delivery are indispensable towards making Nigerian child relevant in the global context, stressing that the National Health Act, 2014, should exempt all pregnant women, the elderly, the disabled and children from paying for services in public hospitals.
She said: “Over 70% of the people in IDP camps are women and children who have been rendered orphans and widows.
We are worried that as a result of insurgency and the general security situation in the country, children and women have been rendered more vulnerable.”
Meanwhile, the Senate also called on the Nigeria Police Force to investigate the case of a 20 months-old Ibrahim Musa, who was assaulted on 20 May, 2016 by his grandmother and stepmother in Gulutown in Rimin Gado Local Government Area of Kano State.
In his remarks, Senate President, Bukola Saraki said that the issue of Musa must be investigated, stressing that the lawmakers will play their own role.
Saraki said: “We have directed the police to look into Ibrahim Musa’s case.
“It’s not only by what we say but we should play our own role,” he said
It was reported that they broke Musa’s bones and cut off his tongue as well as one of his eyes.
The victim is currently battling to live at the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano.
The Kano State Government has pledged to settle all hospital expenses incurred on the 20-month-old Musa Murtala.
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