Titilayo Shitta Bey, left, Bolaji Dada, Moyosore Onigbanjo , Titilola Vivour Adeniyi, HE Claudiana Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, Mojisola Alli Macaulay, Ulla Muller, Segun Dawodu, Stephanie Linus Okereke, Bose Ironsi, Philomena Nneji, Hadiza Aminu Dorayi and Rabi Sageer at the launch of the SGBV-RRS in Lagos…recently.
To this end, Lagos State government, through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team , unveiled a Sexual and Gender Based Violence Virtual Response and Referral System to tackle SGBV. DSVRT in partnership with the European Union-funded Spotlight Initiative, Women’s Helping Hands Initiative and with technical support from the United Nations Population Fund officially launched the 24/7 helpline to rapidly respond to SGBV survivors.
Commissioner of Police, Lagos, CP Hakeem Olusegun Odumosu declared that the police has zero tolerance to SGBV, and will work ceaselessly to ensure these cases are prosecuted and survivors taken care of. “The police worked tirelessly during the lockdown to protect the interests of women and girls, when we discovered SGBV was on the increase. We need to improve upon prosecution of offenders and focus more on areas, where more cases like these are being reported.