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Training of Law Enforcement Agencies
Type of Measure
Services > Justice > Training
Form of Violence
Violence against women and girls
Year
2006
Brief Description

A three-day training workshop was also organized for relevant law enforcement agencies nationwide with a view to sensitizing officials of these agencies on the best way to handle cases of gender based violence.

To ensure effective coordination of the workshop, the country was divided into 8 zones as follows:

KANO ZONE MINNA ZONE MAIDUGURI ZONE ENUGU ZONE

Kano State Niger State Borno State Enugu State

Jigawa State Nasarawa State Adamawa State Imo State

Yobe State Kaduna State Gombe State Anambra State

Bauchi State Kogi State Taraba State Ebonyi State

Plateau State Abuja, FCT

Source of Information
Response of the Government of Nigeria to the questionnaire on violence against women 2011
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