The immediate past Governor of Abia State, Dr Okezie Victor
Ikpeazu, yesterday, said that he signed a law making it mandatory for female
children to inherit their fathers’ property and own community land.
He said his passion for women development came from his wife
who was instrumental to the enactment of a law empowering female children to
inherit land and other property in Abia state by his government.
According to him, the law allows the female children to be
allocated land as against the customs and traditions which made it difficult
for them to own land in their communities.
“Today in Abia State, female children can now inherit their
fathers’ property. Now it’s an offence for female children not to be allocated
land. The female children can now inherit their fathers’ property” he noted.
Governor Ikpeazu, who spoke on the sideline of Gender and
Inclusion Summit, organised by the Policy Innovation Centre (PIC) of Nigerian
Economic Summit Group (NESG) in Abuja, also recalled that he signed a law
against the discrimination of disabled persons.
This, he said made it compulsory for all houses in Abia
State to be designed with ramps to enable the disabled easy access.
With this development, he said women in Abia State can now
have free access to farmlands and use them as collateral to collect loans for
any business of their choice, contrary to old practice in the state.
Other speakers at the event lent their voices in calling for
domestication of the law across the 36 states of the country and FCT.
Earlier, chairman of Policy Innovation Centre (PIC), Mr
Udeme Ufot said, “that the Gender and Inclusion Summit encompasses women, men,
children, youth, people with disabilities, and other vulnerable population.”
Ufot noted that Nigeria has one of the largest population of
youth in the world —— about 70 per cent of the population is under 35 years
old.
“The median age of youth in Nigeria is 18.1 years and 42 per
cent are under the age of 15. The size and youthfulness of the Nigerian
population offers great potential for innovation, technological advancement and
economic development.
“For this potential
to be harnessed, strategic investments in health, education, infrastructural
development and job creation is critical while leveraging technology to deliver
sustainable development at scale.”
“I must commend the efforts of the current government in
providing platforms for youth such as the recently-launched initiative to train
3 million tech talents by the Ministry of Communication, Innovation and Digital
Economy.
“We have a collective responsibility to develop inclusive
approaches to address barriers to quality education, job and internship
opportunities, and access to health services for Nigeria’s burgeoning youth
population” he added.
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