The council chairman appealed to traditional rulers across the local government to support the campaign against the practice.
The governors’ wives decried the practice as a violation of fundamental human rights and a major public health and development concern.
“There is no hiding place for all violators of our girls and women.”
The minister said: “We recorded about 24,720 cases of various violence cases that were reported across the 36 states and FCT.”
“So, let us just get this evidence and investigate the issue because we want to know why.
The minister said the ministry’s board of directors had given its tacit support to the ministry’s avowed determination to give women a voice in society.
Critics of the practice said it is embedded in ignorance and misrepresentation of culture.
Established in 16 states, the courts will ensure child-friendly justice for children, either as victims or as offenders of violence.
No fewer that 20 million Nigerian girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM).
February 6 was set aside by the UN to amplify and direct efforts on the elimination of FGM.
