Source: Daily Times of Nigeria
Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has celebrated the International Women’s Day by holding a no-holds bar interactive session with female students of Model Secondary School, Maitama-Abuja and assured them that the 8th Senate would work to ensure that more women aspire to and occupy leadership positions in the country.
Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, in Abuja , while fielding questions from the students, ranging from issues of abduction of girls, insecurity, kidnapping, access to education and female participation in politics among others, said that the government would continue to be proactive in preventing the abduction of Nigerians especially young girls, stop violence against women and ensure that the girl-child has equal access to education just like their male counterparts.
He also said that efforts would be made to promote the equality of gender in entrepreneurship especially in science and technology fields and also put measures in place to effectively discourage child marriage in the country.
Saraki said: “Let me assure you that in the chambers today, we have identified six issues concerning women that we believe are very important. One is to stop the level of abduction and kidnapping that is going on against our girls.
“Two, is the violence against girls and women. We are going to look at the law and if it is too lax, we are going to bring in stiffer penalties to stop violence against women and to protect the girl child” Saraki added.