A non-governmental organisation, Protect the Child Foundation, has sensitised schools and government agencies on the need to take action to tackle the menace of child sexual abuse in various sectors. The Executive Director of PTCF, Mrs Elizabeth Achimugu, disclosed this during a two-day training workshop on creating sexual safety policies for schools in Abuja. Achimugu, during the workshop organised by PTCF with the support of Facebook Community Accelerator Programme, stated that the fight against child sexual abuse was the responsibility of everyone, especially teachers who spent more time with children as well as law enforcement agencies. “The essence of this workshop is to enlighten parents, teachers, and stakeholders on how to prevent, respond and report cases of child sexual abuse and how to secure justice for survivors/victims in compliance with extant laws,” he stated. A Chief Intelligence Officer of the NAPTIP, Helen Emuze, emphasised the need for everyone to be vigilant because abuse could come in different forms and could be contact (fondling and rape where there is penetration) or non-contact sexual abuse (where children are exposed to sexual content).

Source: Punch April 18, 2022 12:34 UTC