The intention of the bill is to incorporate and enforce provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
It also means to domesticate the protocol of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and other related matters.
Our correspondent JAMES IGAH reports that the legislation was sponsored by Senator BIODUN OLUJIMI from Ekiti South, and supported by twenty other senators.
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