In order to bring to an end the rising spate of
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) where women and girls are mostly affected, the
European Union, United Nations and the Federal Government of Nigeria have
called for the inclusion of anger management in the curriculum of basic and
civil education.
Also, in its on-going tripartite collaboration
which is known as the ‘Spotlight Initiative’ in which the sum of $10million
will be disbursed annually to six pilot states for four years beginning from
2019, the agreement is hinged on six pillars which include strengthening
institutions, supporting women movement, prevention of social norms as well as
the delivery of quality and essential services among others.
Development communications specialist and former
Commissioner for Information, Sokoto State, Dr. Danladi Bako, who emphasised
this in Kano during a media dialogue
with the theme: ‘Ending violence against women and girls’ organised by
Spotlight Initiative said with the
inclusion of anger management in the curriculum, young people will learn about
civility, noting that 80 percent of domestic violence is provoked by hate
speech and lack of decorum.
Lamenting that gender-based issues do not get
enough publicity in the 725 radio and television stations in the country as
well as in the mainstream print media, Bako reiterated that there has to be a
political will and a way towards making the male folk accept that there's equal
rights even in a patriarchal society.
According to him, "In critical issues, anger
and temper management is also a barrier. Do we have a curriculum on civility
and anger management? Eighty percent of violence is provoked by hate speech and
lack of civility. We must recognise all these issues.
"High percentage of violence is caused by
provocation. Sociological issues need to be interrogated and discussed, especially
with traditional rulers, as they need to feed members of their community who
are appetitive and stick to culture and religion.
"Kids must be taught how to control their
temper as they reach the stage of holding their own families. We must begin to
sensitise our children through our school curriculum.”
He called on state government which hasn't
domesticated the Child Rights Act to do so as a matter of urgency.
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