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In pursuance of gender rights and safety across the nation, the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has read out a riot act to school proprietors, hotel owners and hospital managements over the incessant abuse of women, young girls and children. The minister who bemoaned cases of constant underaged abuse, exposure to alcohol and even death in hotels, bullying and sexual molestation in schools as well as refusal to treat gunshot patients without police reports in many hospitals said with the enactment of mobile courts, such menace will be brought to the barest minimum. The minister spoke, Thursday, in Abuja, during a meeting in partnership between the federal ministries of health, women affairs and education, medical facilities, hotel owners, private school owners, and nongovernmental organizations as well as civil society organizations. She said going forward, there will be signs in schools, hotels and hospitals having captions such as “No lodging o...

            Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye THE NIGERIAN  Hoteliers Association (NHA) on Tuesday lauded the federal government’s ban on lodging of underage girls in hotels across the country, describing it as a step in the right direction. Eze Anyanwu The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, on June 8 in Abuja announced the federal government’s plan to ban lodging of underage girls in hotels across the country. Chief Talabi The minister said the ban will take effect from June 20. Kennedy-Ohanenye cautioned hoteliers nationwide against accommodating underage girls in their facilities, as defaulters will face sanctions. She mandated them to put up a ‘No Lodging of Underage Girls’ signage outside their facilities. Eze Patrick Anyanwu, National President of NHA, while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview said “encouraging underage girls access into ...