By Godwin Otang
Former member of the House of Representatives for Calabar Municipality and Odukpani Federal Constituency Ambassador Nkoyo Toyo says preventing Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases is easier and cheaper than mitigation in Cross River State.
The former Nigerian Ambassador to Ethiopia and Djibouti who is a Board of Trustee of Gender and Development Action (GADA) made the assertion during the phase 2 training of another 35 members of the Community Crisis Management Team (CCMT) on GBV, prevention and response with a theme “Building Safer Communities in Calabar”.
The trainees were picked from Aka Effa, Nyangasang, Odukpani central, and Akpapap Okoyong communities featuring traditional leaders, medical workers, security personnel, and local government representatives.
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Ambassador Toyo stated that the 35 team members of the CCMT will be equipped with skills on how to manage GBV crises in their communities when the need arises.
”We are doing more prevention than mitigation because mitigation is expensive, time-consuming, and challenging. They are faced with obstacles particularly the lack of visible engagement of the police.
“Oftentimes when a case goes to the police, you can be sure that you hear different stories. Our challenge has been enforcement”. She maintained.
She charged the trainees to be “proactive, ensure that the knowledge gained at the training is put to use to ensure there are safer communities for their girls and women, It is all about their communities.” Toyo said.
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She further disclosed that the essence of the training is to reduce gender-based violence in Cross River State communities and also build safer communities for women and girls as GBV does not happen at the State but at community levels.
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