The Founder and wife of the Sokoto state Governor, Hajiya Mairo Aminu Tambuwal, earlier today led a team of the organization and some stakeholders in the Sokoto state Government key parastatal driving the spotlight initiative to a multi agency dialogue with the Country Director Hajiya Hadiza Aminu Dorayi of Spotlight Initiative and her team.The deliberation being the third one in tow between the foundation and spotlight initiative team leads since it’s adoption in Nigeria.

Emphasis were made on the role and opportunities abound for non profits to play and also benefits to be derived was intensely discussed and perspectives shared in tune with the initiatives mandate . It largely highlighted deductions from the spotlight initiative Zoom roundtable with stakeholders of which the Founder and wife of the Governor was one of the panelist Themed: VIRTUAL ROUNDTABLE WITH TRADITIONAL AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS.

During the meeting there was an appraisal, assessment , review and overview of legal and policy frameworks , relevant stakeholders and interventions of the Spotlight presence in Sokoto state, as well as the need for new innovative necessities as they collectively explored further developmental opportunities.

The Country Cordinator, Hajiya Hadiza Aminu concurred as she stated that the organization’s evaluation team who has recently returned from a field assessment in Sokoto state overemphasized on how impressed and delighted they were by the level of implementation in the state and compliance level of the designed agreements.

Hajiya Mairo Tambuwal also shared perspectives and intimated them further beyond the knowledge they have of the MMAWT platforms activities and efforts in all forms of abuse , substantiated records and actions consistently implemented .

She went further to discuss an overview of the MMAWT legacy initiative roadmap that has been in place to protect the vulnerable and victims of Gender Based Violence and associated molestations of the vulnerable where adequate funding is available ! The Country coordinator said the purpose of their visit was to intimate the Founder and wife of the governor on the successes and challenges recorded in the ongoing effort to tackle the menace of violence against women and girls, and to also explore areas of more collaboration between Spotlight Initiative and MMAWT Legacy Initiative. Mrs Hadiza Aminu while briefing the wife of the governor on their mandate said, “The Spotlight Initiative is a global, multi-year partnership between the European Union and the United Nations to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls by 2030.

And intimated other team leads present that Spotlight Launched with a seed funding commitment of €500 million from the European Union, we represent an unprecedented global effort to invest in gender equality as a precondition and driver for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. “The Highlight of the deliberation was a virtual phone call with the pioneer consultant who had the mandate to prepare the Spotlight initiative framework , policies and guidelines Dr.Eleanor Nwadinobi and at present the first Nigerian holding the position as President of international medical association and subsequently photo session protocols Hajiya Hadiza Aminu said MMAWT Legacy Initiative’s campaign against Gender-Based Violence conforms with spotlight initiative’s policies especially in regards to providing high-quality essential services for survivors of violence, Improving the quality, accuracy, and availability of properly segregated and detailed data on violence against women and girls. In her response, the founder of MMAWT Legacy Initiative, Hajiya Maryam Mairo Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said she was happy to receive a briefing from the coordinator whom she said has an impressive record on the fight against Gender-Based Violence and in the development sector .

 

The meeting was closed by H.E MMAWT remarks and in her words ‘’ re-affirmed the commitment of her husband in discharging his duties as the state Governor by ensuring the people at the grassroots benefit from every Development intervention.Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has proven his commitment by ensuring the state meets up with his pledge on its obligations for a full support and implementation of the Spotlight projects in the state thus far , also in Nigeria and beyond ! She re-echoes the Governor is passionate about the agendas in the Spotlight initiative blueprint .

The Spotlight Initiative’s governing body is chaired by United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed and European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission Josep Borrell, who provide the Initiative’s overall strategic direction. Country-level implementation is led by the United Nations Resident Coordinator, in partnership with UN agencies, European Union delegations and civil society organizations.

Signed: MMAWT LEGACY INITIATIVE