Stakeholders canvass abolition of female genital mutilation
Stakeholders, on Friday, called for abolition of female genital mutilation (FGM).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stakeholders made the call during the launch of a book: ‘Ogorire: Our Blood, their Bond,’ written by a federal civil servant, Mr Kunle Awojemila, in Abuja.
One of the stakeholders and wife of former Gov. Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State, Mrs Olukemi Mimiko, described FGM as an anomaly and urged that it be abolished outright.
“We must shout; we must scream; we must pass the message in our cars, homes, offices and villages that we should stop FGM, until there is no one female being subjected to this horrible treatment.
“There have been cases of women who had been rendered barren because of infection from the day they were mutilated.
“There have been...
