Although the National Assembly recently passed a bill criminalising
female genital mutilation, enforcement is still needed to achieve
results.....
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"As I am going to succeed my late father as the traditional ruler of our
town, it becomes more mandatory for my children to be circumcised. Here
in our land, it is part of the prerequisites of a king-to-be to have
all his children circumcised.
"We really do not have a choice here. But my fiancée sees the practice as barbaric and outdated. She won’t have any of it for our daughters." Those were the words of Mr. Ganiu-Davies Olalekan Adisa, the heir apparent to the Ishawo throne sometime in April this year.
"We really do not have a choice here. But my fiancée sees the practice as barbaric and outdated. She won’t have any of it for our daughters." Those were the words of Mr. Ganiu-Davies Olalekan Adisa, the heir apparent to the Ishawo throne sometime in April this year.
