Ebonyi
State Government has issued a warning to anyone who practices female genital
mutilation saying a jail term of five years awaits such person. The warning was
handed out on Tuesday during the flag-off of the campaign against female
genital mutilation in the state at the Women Development Centre, Abakaliki.
Governor
Dave Umahi’s wife who gave a speech at the occasion, described female genital
mutilation as a harmful traditional practice against womanhood, which must end.
“We
can’t continue to live in dark ages at the detriment of our women in the name
of female circumcision or genital mutilation. Our women have suffered a lot in
this traditional harmful practices against them and we must stop it, we must
wage serious war against the practice, she said.
‘’A
situation where women reproductive organs are butchered in the name cultural
practices is no longer unacceptable.”
She
noted that in Nigeria, Ebonyi ranks second after Osun State, with 74%
prevalence rate of female genital mutilation.
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