Bauchi Assembly moves to establish more sexual assault referral centres

Summary

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has adopted a motion calling for additional Sexual Assault Referral Centres across the state.

Highlights

• Speaker Abubakar Suleiman presented the motion before the House on Tuesday.
• Suleiman said the state’s only Sexual Assault Referral Centre is at the Specialist Hospital, Bauchi.
• He said more centres are needed to improve access for survivors in remote and hard-to-reach communities.
• The motion called for at least two fully functional centres in each senatorial district as a first phase.
• It also urged budget support, implementation by relevant ministries and agencies, and public sensitisation on sexual and gender-based violence.