The Lagos State governor has made name as the first
Nigeria governor to open sex offenders register. He signed an executive
order to provide for compulsory reporting of actual or suspected child
abuse and establishment of a sex offenders’ register at the State House,
Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja, yesterday Dec. 1st.
He also identified Alimosho, Kosofe, Agege and Oshodi-Isolo Local Govt
as the councils with the highest cases of Sexual and Gender Based
Violence crimes in the state.
Fashola said “I will like to tell those perpetrating the act in these
local governments (Alimosho, Kosofe, Agege and Oshodi-Isolo) to desist
now because we would be coming after them. We will combat these crimes
so that they do not become big crimes in the state.
“Also, in order to ensure that criminals are
monitored, we have created a crime data register which states everyone
who has engaged the criminal justice system of the state, and we have
close to a 100, 000 offenders on that register,”
“And very soon, we would start deploying people to the data rooms in the
police stations across the state to gather the bio data of offenders
including their photographs and others.
Fashola stated that “this was why we have asked everyone to register so
that before you employ anyone, you will know his track record.”
The governor emphasized that the number of the Sexual and Gender Based
Violence offenders will not reduce without the collective effort of
everyone.
“And this is the time for everyone especially women to speak against it.
This is the time for us to have a local enforcement unit; either we
call it state police or whatever name we wish to call it, to protect the
women from frequent abuse from the opposite gender.
“This is the time for women to rise up and challenge employers who sets
unimaginable targets for their female employees. These were targets they
could not set for men,” he added.
Speaking earlier, Ipaye said “We monitoring one hundred and thirteen 113
sexual violence cases currently at the High Court. The Team is working
actively to ensure prompt prosecution of these cases.
Explaining the sex offenders’ register, the Attorney-General said “The
major aim of the Sex Offenders Monitoring Programme and the Mandated
Reporter policy is to reduce repeat cases by providing names and
personal details of convicted sex offenders in the State to a central
database.
“The Database will be accessible to individuals and organizations that
need information. For example, School proprietors who want to recruit
can access this Register as a form of background check.
“The Mandated Reporter policy will make it compulsory for all State
School Administrators, Counsellors, Teachers, Social Welfare Officers
and any other official of the State Government having any dealings with
children to report any suspected or actual child abuse or neglect to the
Attorney-General’s office.
“It is envisaged that the Lagos State Sex Offenders Register will be
open and maintained by the Lagos State Ministry of Justice in
partnership with the Lagos State Judiciary, the Nigerian Prisons and the
Nigerian Police,” he added.
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