Work towards violence-free Nigeria, NGO advises parents

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February 11, 2019 1:11 PM

Mrs Anisa Ari, the Senior Programme Coordinator of WRAPA, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.

Work towards violence-free Nigeria, NGO advises parents

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Women’s Right Advancement and Protection Alternative (WRAPA) has advised parents to work towards a violence-free Nigeria by raising their children to detest violence.

Mrs Anisa Ari, the Senior Programme Coordinator of WRAPA, gave this advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja.

According to Ari, violence usually impacts negatively on parents and their children, and can deter progress in the household, if not checked.

“It is important for both men and women to take steps to end the cycle of violence in Nigeria because it is moving from one generation to the other.

“In a home where there is no peace, the mother is unhappy, and the children grow up to be dysfunctional because they were raised in a dysfunctional environment.

“The impact of violence is not just on women and children, it also affects men because the man will be disorganised and find it difficult to make progress,’’ she said.

She said an average of five women came to WRAPA daily to complain about domestic violence and other abnormalities and advised women to always respect men and not to be the cause of violence in their homes.

“We get an average of five women, who come here to complain about violence and other abnormalities in their families daily.

“We are, however, able to draw the line between when a woman steps out of line and when she provokes violence.

“Though, we advocate equal opportunities for men and women, we do not support women, who disrespect their husbands,’’ she said.

The coordinator said that her organisation had developed a counseling model, especially for men in the Northern part of the country, on how to treat their wives better.

“WRAPA has been able to develop something we call “the Khutba’’.

“It is a compilation of Quranic teachings about issues concerning women, their husbands and their families, used for sermons in the Mosques on Fridays.

“This has reduced the spate of quarrels, violence and divorce in those communities,’’ she said.

She said that the NGO had created a “WRAPA Rescue Centre’’ in Abuja, and was also building a transit centre to assist women, who are traumatised.

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