Uzodinma To Sign VAPP Bill Soon – Wife

Wife of the Imo State Governor, Barrister Chioma Uzodinma, has revealed that the governor will soon sign the Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP) 2021 Bill into law.
She stated this in Owerri, the state capital, on the occasion marking this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.
Represented by the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Nkechi Ugwu, she said gender-based violence can take the form of physical, sexual, psychological or economic, or harmful practices such as child marriage among others.
The governor’s wife said, “this is a time to reflect on how gender-based violence is affecting our society and what we can do to end it.”
Barrister Uzodinma explained that the law would protect all, especially the girl child and women against all forms of violence.
Also speaking, member representing Njaba State Constituency in the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Uju Onwudiwe, expressed optimism that the governor would soon assent to the VAPP bill.
She explained that although VAPP was for everyone, it was more particularly about violence against the girl-child, adding that so many things were inherent in the bill.
Earlier, a rape survivor and author, Ishiaku Ada Fatima; Imo State Chairman of the International Federation of Women Lawyers, FIDA, Chioma Iwueze; and Chairperson of the National Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Imo State Chapter, Dr Dorothy Nnaji, discussed the various ways through which the menace could be curbed in society.