Saraki Lauds Kwara Assembly On Local Fabrics Bill, Hosts Amnesty Int’l
Hosts Amnesty International over sexual assault and violence report by army personnels
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The president of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has lauded the Kwara State House of Assembly for considering a Bill designed to boost usage of locally-made fabrics and in turn the economic fortunes of the state.
The Bill would support locally-made fabrics being used to make school uniforms for students in the state.
Speaking about the initiative in a statement, Senator Saraki said that “we must do all that we can to give our full support to all endeavors and initiatives that will ensure that goods and services that are made in Nigeria, are utilized and patronized by governments at all levels.”
Commending the Bill, he further stated:
“I hope that the Kwara State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad, considers this initiative on its merits and works towards developing this into a Bill.
“Doing this would help to create jobs for the makers of Aso-Oke, our local tailors, and hundreds of thousands of other people who fall within the entrepreneurial value chain — many of them who are youth and women,”, he concluded.
In another development, the Senate President, on Thursday, July 5, 2018, hosted representatives of Amnesty International [AI] in his National assembly office.
The meeting with Amnesty International is meant to discuss the report on the sexual assault and violence in the North East by personnels of the Nigerian Army.
ElombahNews had on June 3, 2018, citing an Amnesty International publication, reported that sexual violence involving the military and civilian militias in the camp is prevalent.
25-old Kale (not her real name), while talking to Amnesty International Nigeria, said:
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“Five of us went together, all of us were raped; the soldiers took us one by one when we came out of the camp.
“We decided to fetch water in large groups so nobody touched us. But when we were just few, they raped us.”
Thousands of women and girls have survived Boko Haram only to face attacks and abuse from the Nigerian security forces who claim to be rescuing them, stated AI.
“The military, after carrying out intensive operations to re-capture territory from Boko Haram, turn around to subject these survivors to more violence and abuse.
“Women have been forced into camps and many have been raped – often in exchange for food. The “stubborn” ones have died of starvation,” the report stated.
Watch video of the meeting below:
