THE Lagos State Government has reported that at least 340 husbands have been beaten by their wives in the last year.
The Executive Secretary of the Lagos Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, disclosed this in quarterly reports by the Agency.
She said the incidence of reporting of domestic violence from males also increased during the last year.
Vivour-Adeniyi disclosed that 340 male reported incidences of domestic violence perpetrated against them by their wives between September 2022 and July 2023.
Expressing worries over the trend, she said the agency “is currently handling the cases to find an amicable resolution.”
Meanwhile, the Lagos State Government, through the Joint Task Force on Implementation of the Executive Order on Safeguarding and Child Protection, has commenced monitoring and assessment across the Six Education Districts in the State.
The members of the Joint Task Force comprise top-level representatives of the Office of Education Quality Assurance, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Lagos State Safety Commission, State Universal Basic Education Board, Child Protection Network and Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency.
According to Vivour-Adeniyi, the monitoring exercise, which began on October 31, 2023, at the Lagos City College, Sabo-Yaba, had so far engaged over 200 schools in Education Districts 4 and 5, while over 90 schools have been visited to ascertain and measure compliance in those districts.
Recall that the State Government in December 2016 ratified the Executive Order (NO.E0/AA08 of 2016) establishing the Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.
The policy is to be mandatorily adopted by all child-centred institutions to ensure that the rights of children in their care are safeguarded and adequately protected even as clear-cut protocols for handling reports and disclosures of abuse are clearly defined.
