The establishment of the family court by the Taraba government is another strategy to enforce the Child Rights Law, Mary Sinjen, the commissioner for women affairs and child development, said on Wednesday.

According to Ms Sinjen, the government is worried about the increasing rate of child abuse and victimisation of young persons in the state.

She noted that the government was not unaware of its responsibility of protecting the rights of citizens and ensuring the safety of vulnerable persons.

She, therefore, said the government was making concerted efforts to ensure that children were safe at all times and in all conditions and spaces.

Speaking at the validation programme of the draft rules for the family court establishment in Taraba, held recently in Jalingo, Agyin Kefas, wife of Governor Agbu Kefas, said that the court was to tackle the issue of women and children’s victimisation.

Mrs Kefas said perpetrators of rape and violence against women and children would be made to face the full wrath of the law.

The governor’s wife, therefore, commended the state’s judiciary for establishing the family court in response to her advocacy on addressing gender-based violence. 

(NAN)