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“All of us here are parents, and we must do what we can to help you,” he explained.<\/p>\n
Earlier, the chairperson of FIDA explained that they were in FEMA to seek funding for the construction of a safe shelter for victims of sexual abuse and domestic violence.<\/p>\n
According to her, there was an increase in cases of domestic violence and sexual abuse of minors by their fathers during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.<\/p>\n
“We need to get some of these girls off the street.” “We receive cases of people who want us to shelter them on a daily basis,” she said.<\/p>\n
She revealed that FIDA is a non-governmental organization that relies on dues and donations from well-meaning Nigerians to carry out its activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has collaborated with the Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) to create a safe house for victims of domestic violence and abuse. The disclosure was made by the Director-General of FEMA, Alhaji Abbas Idriss, in a statement issued by Nkech Isa, Head of the Agency’s Public Relations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[78,256,254,255],"class_list":["post-621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro","tag-covid-19","tag-domestic-violence","tag-fema","tag-fida"],"yoast_head":"\n