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Senator Adeleke felicitates with Senator Ajagunla Olubiyi on his birthday | GENDER BASED VIOLENCE: OSUN STATE GOVERNMENT SET TO ESTABLISH MOBILE COURTS  | Governor Adeleke, Women Affairs Minister Strike Deals on Women Development | Osun: Environment Commissioner, Adejoorin Counsels Residents On Indiscriminate Dumping of Refuse | Birthday: Governor Adeleke Felicitates with Elerinmo of Erinmo | Governor Adeleke Approves Construction of Hajj Camp for Osun State | Governor Adeleke Approves Construction of Hajj Camp for Osun State | Fake News: Osun Government Sets up Action Committee On Cyber Crimes, Cyber Bullying | His Excellency Gov. Ademola Adeleke observed Iftar with Royal Fathers in Osun | For Ramadan /Easter Needs, Governor Adeleke Approves March Salaries, Pensions, Palliatives | Governor Adeleke Approves Promotions within Civil Service | Governor Adeleke Sets up Implementation Panel on the White Paper on Contract Review Committee | Courtesy visit by Minaret International University Foundation | It”s our collective interest for Mr President to succeed – Gov Adeleke | GOVERNOR ADELEKE CONGRATULATES NEW NACA DIRECTOR–GENERAL, DR. TEMITOPE ILORI | OSUN APC IS A LYING MACHINE- GOVERNOR ADELEKE DID NOT TAKE ANY LOAN | Governor Adeleke Salutes Barr Owolade at 70 | Governor Adeleke Opens Rehabilitated Government House, Says Upgrading State Assets is a Policy | Olubadan’s Exit: Gov Adeleke Commiserates with Gov Makinde, Ibadan people | The management of the Federal College of Education, Iwo paid a courtesy visit to Gov. Ademola Adeleke
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Osun First Lady Intensifies Campaign Against Female Genital Mutilation

The First Lady said the current rating of Osun State as first in the practice of FGM in the country was disturbing and required urgent decisive actions to curb the menace
Osun is considered the state with the highest prevalence of female genital cutting in Nigeria.
Osun First Lady, through her pet project, Sheri Care Foundation (SCARF) stepped up the sensitization campaign by designing different pragmatic strategies and realisable approaches to stop the practice.
 
 
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One of the approaches was the assemblage of stakeholders in the state; including the circumcisers at a sensitization campaign tagged “Stop FGM”, held at Aurora Event Centre in Osogbo, the state capital on Tuesday.
During the event, traditional rulers and community leaders openly declared their resolve to desist from cutting the genital of their female children and promised to join the campaign to stop FGM.
The First Lady told the gathering that the current rating of Osun State as first in the practice of FGM in the country was disturbing and required urgent decisive actions to curb the menace.
Speaking on the occasion, the state governor, Rauf Aregbesola lamented that cutting of the clitoris of female children under the pretext of cultural belief was callous and cruel.
The governor said none of Islam, traditional religions nor Christianity supported the practice.
He described female genital mutilation as obsolete and urged people of Osun State to shun the practice.
The governor commended SCARF for the war against FGM and pleaded with the traditional rulers in the state to double their efforts in prohibiting the practice in the domains.
Aregbesola also commended the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for collaborating with SCARF to end FGM.
The governor urged UNFPA to assist the state to be able to find alternative jobs for circumcisers who have agreed to dump the circumcision work.
The head of UNFPA Lagos Liaison Office, Dr Omolaso Omosehin, while speaking on the occasion, said the efforts to stop FGM in Osun State were beginning to yield positive results and advised the First Lady and other development actors in the state not to relent in the anti-FGM campaign.

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