The Oyo state has made commendable strides in reducing the prevalence of female genital mutilation in the state and has reduced the occurrence rate from sixty-three per cent to 31.3 per cent within the past six years.
Wife of Oyo state governor, Tamunominimi Makinde disclosed this in an address during the event organized by her office to commemorate this year’s international day of zero tolerance for female genital mutilation
Mrs Makinde who said over two hundred communities in the state had declared the abandonment of FGM, stressed the need for stakeholders to step up their commitments to reducing the prevalence rate to zero.
While highlighting the various laws enacted by the state to address violence against women and children, the Oyo First Lady encouraged mothers to speak out against female genital mutilation and seek for help from the government
