RAPE OFFENDERS TO GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN EKITI
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| Dr. Kayode Fayemi,Ekiti State Gov. |
Ekiti Government has proposed a life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of rape in the state, the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports.
The Executive Bill is
entitled: A Bill for a Law to Repeal the Ekiti Gender-Based
Violence,(Prohibition) Law, 2011 and enact the Ekiti Gender-Based Violence,
(Prohibition) Bill, 2019.
NAN reports that the bill
was deliberated on by members of the Ekiti House of Assembly at Thursday’s
plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Funminiyi Afuye.
Contributors during debate
who included, the Speaker, Funminiyi Afuye, Mr. Gboyega Aribisogan, the
Majority Leader and Mrs. Teju Okunyiga, (Gbonyin Constituency) lauded the
initiatives.
They said the existing Law
seems to be lenient by stipulating seven years in prison for violators,
supporting a more stringent punishment for offenders.
Some of the contributors
like Okunyiga, the deputy Speaker, Alhaji Hakeem Jamiu and Mrs. Yemisi Ayokunle
in addition to the life imprisonment, proposed castration of any adult who
raped minors in Ekiti.
They called for the speedy
passage of the new bill which was later committed to the House Committee on
Health and Human Services as well as the Committee on Judiciary for legislative
scrutiny.
In a bid to improve its
health and sanitation status in Ekiti, a new bill to cater for the current
challenges of environmental hazards was also debated on at plenary.
The bill entitled, a Bill
for a Law to Repeal the Ekiti Environmental Health and Sanitation Law No 4 of
2004 and re-enact the Ekiti Environmental Health and Sanitation Bill, 2019 was
also committed to Committee on Environment for public hearing.
Another bill which was
committed to the House Committee on Education, Science and Technology for
further scrutiny and passage was ‘College of Education Ikere-Ekiti Bill, 2019’.
Also Ekiti, (Transition)
Bill, 2019 which was committed to Committee on Governor’s Office and the
Committee on Judiciary was aimed at enhancing smooth taking of governance from
one outgoing governor to incoming one.
A Bill for a Law to Repeal
Ekiti College of Health Sciences and Technology Law No 3 of 2010 and enact
Ekiti College for Health Sciences and Technology Bill, 2019 was also committed to
appropriate committee for further legislative scrutiny.
The Assembly later
adjourned plenary to Tuesday, Oct.,8. (NAN)
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