 You're welcome back to the breakfast on plus TV Africa. It's now time for today in history and today is the 3rd of September is that right? Absolutely. All right, so on this day in history 1981 and what happened was that the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination Against women SIDAL is an international bill of rights for women was instituted on this day in history by the United Nations on this day in history 189 states ratified this international bill of rights for women and Over 50 countries have ratified the convention so far. They did that subject to difference, you know declarations reservations and observations There were 30 ace countries who rejected the enforcement of article 28 29 that article Basically addresses the means for settlement of disputes concerning the interpretation or application of the convention The first 39 sessions were held in the United Nations headquarters in New York City While the fourth yet and subsequent sessions held in Geneva Now over time the practices of the committee have evolved due to increased focus on women's rights issues But Nigeria basically you went ahead to ratify all farms and all sections of the SIDAL without any objections so far and in July 2017 What happened was and they constituted this committee to go ahead and take a look at how far Nigeria has gone regarding observing all the you know sections of SIDAL and they found lots and lots of gaps lots of loopholes regarding The national policy of Nigeria concerning women, you know involving women in in political life, you know care of women, you know Policies against discrimination, you know So Nigeria really had those loopholes and they gave a list of recommendations for Nigeria to go ahead and implement such that you know women You know are more considered when it comes to opportunities and things like that in the country But it was in this thing history 3rd of September 1981 that this International Bill of Rights for women was instituted by the United Nations Yeah, but but till to date I think Nigeria still has a lot of flaws in their Laws concerning women. There's still a lot. I think that those are it was either in 2020 or 2019 someone did a a long Twitter tread on You know certain, you know place in Nigerian constitution and Nigerian laws that somehow some way Skewed against women and she did a whole year's worth Almost maybe six months a whole year every single day Shows adding a new one every single day that you could check out in constitution that shows Where women, you know are very very poorly represented. But the good thing is that with all the flaws in the constitution Definitely, that's that's can be a given. But the good thing is that they have been sorry Not the Nigerian constitution. I think they are criminal justice. Okay The good thing is that there have been other laws that have been constituted and domestic laws of Lagos 2007 and the VAP there's so many other laws that have now, you know coming to play For the protection of women. So when we take a look at the list of laws, trust me, there's a whole When it comes to policymaking regarding women, it seems to be a lot. There's a lot So I would not say that our challenge is in the laws. There are laws These are things that I have studied the challenge in this country is implementation There are definitely laws that protect women, you know guarantee your right to freedom, right to movement You know, you have protection against abuse sexual and gender-based violence and all of that the laws are there You could list them international laws and treaties local laws laws formulated on the state level on the national level Policies here and there but when it comes to the implementation that way That's where the bottleneck is when you let's say a woman is abused and she goes to the police You find out that because the police lack training when it comes to SGBV cases They tell you they make nasty statement. They lack, you know the funding to prosecute those cases So there are challenges within implementation, but when it when it comes to laws out here that the country has done fairly well Regarding instituting these laws. Yes, I agree. So it's it's death. You're rectically. It's the practical That's the challenge. We still have a lot of religious and Tribal biases, you know that need to be worked on You know, so they may not be in paper, but you know, there are these biases against women that You can almost smell, you know with every single situation that you hear of concerned women And so that's also one of the challenges, you know, yes to sit out and of course, you know, Vap many other new Laws that have come into place or acts rather that have come to place which are amazing But the religious and tribal biases was you know, they still exist here every now and then and you If you look at, you know chaotic situations that involve women and the way that the Nigerian society treats those situations You can already tell That there is that bias rape, you know inclusive and then murder and you know when even you know The most common one that people always mention, you know when a husband dies So on the same yesterday about it's called helpful with all the practices Yes, I think it was a lady who shared a story two days ago on Social media about her uncle kicking her and a family out because you know her dad died a few months ago And there are laws that protects women against harmful widowhood practices They're actually laws that Because first of all the issue is information Are you aware that you actually have rights that you're protected under the law like when if your husband died If you lose the head of the home, you know, someone cannot just kick you There are laws that protect you from that So it's basically plugging yourself to NGOs that are you know great in that space I know particularly one project alert very very active in that space So plug yourself to those NGOs if you find yourself in those situations where you feel sidelined, marginalized or abused And then you know to take it up take it up, you know with the courts and make sure that you get justice Yeah, more of the story is we've done well But a lot more work still needs to be done with regards protection of women and given women a very very balanced and first society to live in Let's move away from the Sidao Act and let's now talk about Borundi in 1987 on this day that there was a bloodless coup that took place in Borundi It of course led to the ousting of a president Jean-Baptiste Borgasa who was deposed by Major Pierre Bouilloyat It was a Tutsi president John Baptiste Jean-Baptiste Borgasa and was deposed while traveling abroad and eventually succeeded by Also a Tutsi president Major Pierre Bouilloyat It was appointed initially president of Borundi following a military coup in 1976 It is wild and then eventually deposed in 1987 also via a coup He had traveled to Quebec in Canada to attend the Francophone Summit and while he was there The coup took place the army took over led by Borgasa's cousin Major Pierre Bouilloyat Here in of the coup he immediately returned to Africa But the airport was closed and in Nairobi. He was refused entrance into Kenya Following the coup Borgasa fled to Uganda and then in 1989 in Libya where he was granted political asylum Bouilloyat then formed the military committee for national salvation to take control and suspended the country's Constitution it is a very very familiar story with regards Africa and Africa's history Coups blow both of bloody and the bloodless coups so many of them Haiti's latest wonder We've heard about where the president was assassinated his wife was also shot And you know, that's that's a long history of military chaos concerning Haiti and of course the influence of the West and you know sanctions here and there Corruption some of all there's so much that happened to Haiti is a really really sad story But anyway, that's today in history in 1987 in Borundi That story really when I really is actually quite interesting really so it's it's what we've seen across Africa time and time again Cool uprising, you know, just military takeover of power. And what's funny here is it's just this was a coup Started by his own cousin. Yep. He was basically cut off from power and Borgasa became one of the longest serving dictators in Borundi In 76 and 87 yes, and we sadly passed away last year I beg your pardon, but Gaza passed away last year due to COVID-19 The COVID-19 pandemic. Yes, that's what happened today in history I went back to the year 1981 to tell you about the Siddhau that was instituted today And also in the 80s 87 the cool in bloodless coup in Borundi We'll take a short break when we come back our first major conversation What's going on in Zamfara state and in other states in northern Nigeria? What exactly is it like living in Zamfara as it stands? We'll be talking with Fama a president of the NUJ in Zamfara who's joining us this morning on the program Stay with us. We'll be back