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Obasanjo advocates national legislation to end female genital mutilation

FROM LEFT: Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdulrasheed Adewale; Representative of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr Femi Majekodunmi; Facilitator, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, and a Guest Lecturer, Dr Comfort Momoh, during a Summit on Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation organised for Circumcision Descendants Association Of Nigeria, in Ibadan On Monday (23/5/16). 3763/23/5/2016/OEA/HB/BJO/NAN

Obasanjo advocates national legislation to end female genital mutilation

byPremium Times
May 23, 2016
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called for a national legislation against female genital mutilation.

Mr. Obasanjo made the appeal in his keynote address delivered on his behalf by Femi Majekodunmi, a medical doctor, at the International Summit on Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting, at the Mapo Hall in Ibadan on Monday.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the summit was organised by the Circumcision Descendants Association of Nigeria (Oloola).

FGM comprises all procedures that intentionally and specifically alter or cause injury to female genital organ.

Mr. Obasanjo described FGM as a heinous crime against womanhood, the community and humanity.

He said FGM was a deeply rooted practice in Africa, Middle East and Asia where over 200 million girls and women were affected and more than three million girls were estimated to be at risk annually.

“A degradation of one is degradation of all; FGM has no known benefits, it is known to be harmful to girls and women in many ways.

“It is a violation of the rights of women and young girls who have no say on the matter,” he said.

According to him, FGM is entrenched in the culture of many people in Nigeria and there is presently no federal law against it.

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“FGM has been declared as a violation of human rights by the World Health Organisation, and the UN General Assembly in 2012 adopted a resolution on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation.

“Nigeria is a signatory to international laws against FGM and only nine states in the federation have thus far legislated against it.

“There is therefore an urgent need for total eradication and abolition of FGM in Nigeria and ultimately globally,” he said.

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The Chairman of the Circumcision Descendants Association of Nigeria, Abiola Ogundokun, said about 20 million women between the age of 15 and 49 had undergone FGM in the country.

Mr. Ogundokun said that the National Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) reported that Osun State had the highest FGM prevalence rate followed by Ebonyi and Ekiti states.

“Study shows that FGM in some instances is used to generate income for practitioners under the guise of preserving and continuing values and rituals.

“In some communities it is even allowed under death if the woman was not circumcised as practised in cultures where it is not done after death,” he said.

He called on circumcision practitioners to collaborate with other organisations to prevent the persistence of the dangerous act.

The Wife of the Osun State Governor, Sherifat Aregbesola, represented by Kafayat Oyetola, called on her counterparts in Oyo, Ekiti and Lagos states on championing advocacy and sensitisation campaigns to stop FGM.

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“Findings indicate that the practice is most prevalent in Yorubaland especially in Osun, Oyo, Ekiti and Lagos states.

“Given the statistics arising from the findings, when we leave this summit, we should commence in a vibrant way, a neighbour to neighbour campaign to stop FGM.

“This will help to create awareness about the dangers that FGM constitutes to individuals and to our society.

“We have to start now as delay means more and more of our girls would be subjected to this health danger,” she said.

Comfort Momoh, an international expert in FGM, said it could cause cysts, infection, infertility and complications in childbirth.

Mrs. Momoh said FGM could also cause psychological, physical and could ultimately lead to death.

(NAN)

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