• VC accuses staff of colluding with bandits

Security experts have submitted that addressing gender-specific challenges facing victims of violence and insurgency in Nigeria is critical to building resilience for survivors.

Assistant Professor of International Security, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, Britain, Dr Akin Oyawale, stated that much needs to be done when it comes to gender and security issues in Nigeria.

He made the submission at a one-day programme on “Gender, Insecurity and Resilience in the ‘Global South’: Nigeria Policy Roundtable,” yesterday in Abuja.

Oyawale situated a disconnect between policy makers, educational institutions and victims of insurgency with regards to proffering impactful solutions hence continuatrion of crisis in the country.

He said: “The experiences of victims of insecurity and violence must be heard because it will help shape the solutions. Women must be involved in discussion that affects them for meaningful impact.”

Highlighting some of the devastating impacts of insecurity on women and girls, Executive Director of Amnesty International, Isa Sanusi, noted that wherever there is conflict and insecurity, the biggest victims are women and girls.

“A lot of the rehabilitation of victims in the Northeast excludes women, and they are most impacted because some of these young women and girls are kidnapped and forcefully made to marry the Boko Haram members,” he observed.

Speaking on the need for formulation of indigenous solutions to the insurgency challenge in Nigeria, Executive Director of NEEM Foundation, Dr. Fatima Akilu, advised the media against misleading narratives in reportage of gender and insecurity.

Also speaking, Executive Director Partners, West Africa, Dr. Kemi Okenyodo, observed that the government has not lived above board in terms of self-dignity of the girl-child.

She pointed out that it is not possible to proffer effective solutions to the problems women are facing in terms of insecurity if the women themselves that are experiencing the impact are not asked to contribute to such discussions.

RELATEDLY, the Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina State, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi, has accused some staff of the institution of colluding with bandits.

He told newsmen yesterday in Katsina that the contacts of the suspected employees had been given to a security agencies for further investigation.

Hoodlums have, in recent times, been attacking the area, kidnapping students and workers along with their family members. A recent attack, which led to the death of one of the university’s staff, prompted his colleagues to stage a peaceful protest over insecurity.

According to the vice chancellor, the school management is doing everything possible to prevent recurrence. Contacted on the new development, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, urged the public to always assist them with information to improve security.

Reacting to the situation, the Police Command in the state said that they were not aware of such an issue but promised to further investigate the matter.

The command’s spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, who reacted, called on the public to always assist them with information that would promote security.

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