 Bayelsa State Governor, Dewey Deerey, has inaugurated the state's Gender Response Initiative Team, GRT, as part of efforts to curb cases of domestic violence against persons in the state. The committee is headed by gender advocate and legal practitioner, D'Say Obwise. Senator Deerey said that with the signing of the Violence Against Persons Prohibition Law, Bayelsa has become one of the few states that has domesticated the federal law. Deerey, who noted that the task ahead of the committee was enormous, urged the members to tackle the menace holistically as there were cases of men being victims of abuse as well.