Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has warned parents in the state, particularly mothers, that henceforth, indulgence in Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)will attract a stint in jail for perpetrators.
Okorocha, who issued the warning Monday during the launch of the campaign against FGM/C initiated by his wife, Nkechi Okorocha in collaboration with the United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), disclosed that as soon as the bill against Female Genital Mutilation(FGM) is passed into law by the State House of Assembly, the punishment for offenders will be several years of imprisonment as will be prescribed by the establishing law.
Describing the practice as barbaric and unacceptable, the governor maintained that “Such barbaric cultures which are not beneficial to the people should be abolished”.
He urged the State Assembly to expedite action on the passage of the bill into law, to enable a permanent solution to the problem.
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