Over the years, there have been agitations on how to stop domestic violence against children and women in Nigeria which have yielded no result. Recently however, the Lagos State House of Assembly took a giant strides by passing into law, a bill "to provide protection against Domestic Violence and for Connected Purposes." The Law which came into force in 2007, was specifically aimed at protecting the Victims of domestic violence and it comprises19 sections.
However, since the bill was passed into law and assented to by the former state Governor, Bola Tinubu, few people including legal practitioners were aware of the law. Recently, however, a non governmental organisation, Women Empowerment and Legal Aid (WELA), in collaboration with Falana and Falana's chambers at a seminar on domestic violence took the challenge to the doorsteps of Nigerians, especially the civil rights organisations and lawyers for the utilization of the law and confront the monster of domestic violence in the country.
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