27 female Deltans prostituting in Mali repatriated‏

27 female Deltans prostituting in Mali repatriated

November 23, 2011

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By Austin Ogwuda, Asaba

TWENTY-SEVEN female Deltans found prostitution in Mali have been repatriated home, Director of Women Affairs in the State Ministry of Women Affairs, Mrs. Philomena Onyekweli has said.

She told reporters in Asaba that out of 104 Nigerian female deportees “ten of them who are Deltans have arrived the State and currently being cared for by the State Government through the Women Affairs ministry while 17 others are still in Abuja undergoing further interrogations”.

Already, the state Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Betty Efekhoda has visited the girls promising to ensure that rehabilitated and re-united to their families.

Meanwhile, Efekhoda in a separate forum while addressing participants at a workshop on the dissemination of the provision of United Nations Convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women decried the absence of legal instruments on protection of women and children’s rights.

According to her, the existing norms provided material advantage to the males while at the same time placing severe constraints on the role and activities of the females.

“It restricts women access to material resources and besides, due to their non-economic empowerment, women and children are vulnerable to sexual abuse, prostitution, hooliganism, just to mention a few”, she added.

Red Factor says; We must create modern jobs that gives satisfaction to our young men, girls and women back home. Our leaders are out of touch. Its time to give oppotunities and backing to the clever Nigerians. Prostitution, kidnapping and armed robbery will go away or reduce. No more bullshit from Nigerian leaders pls...we've heard it all before.