 The legacy state government has reassured residents of its commitment towards eradication of all forms of domestic and sexual violence DSVA. The executive secretary DSVA Titlola Vivo Adeni stated this during a sensitization event held in partnership with the legacy's bus service limited aimed at heightening awareness on issues in the state. The DSVA boards encouraged negotiations to break the culture of silence and speak up and speak out against such occurrences. We are all mandated reporters. If you see something, you have a duty to say something and do something. Sexual and gender-based violence, domestic violence, sexual violence, thrives in secrecy. It thrives in the culture of silence. And so when we say if you see something, talk and encourage people to break the culture of silence, break the culture of silence, speak up, speak out. So it doesn't necessarily have to be you. It may be you as a neighbor, it may be you as a teacher, it may be you as an aunt. You see something, talk and encourage people to break the culture of silence. So because truly, if it be you. Titlola Vivo Adeni said the awareness program was key in driving the message home to the populace that sexual and gender-based violence as GBV crimes are against the state. Managing director of the legacy's bus service limited Ido'u Oguntono whose doorsteps the program was held urged participants to take the message of zero tolerance of all forms of abuse to their community and create a culture of respect and equality. We have a statutory mandate to ensure that we create awareness about issues of sexual and gender-based violence because we believe that awareness is closely related to prevention. When you heighten awareness, you let people know about support services that exist. You let people know that these are crimes and crimes are committed against the state. You let people know that they are telephone lines they can call to reach out and report cases. We believe that this will go a long way in preventing the occurrence of sexual and gender based violence in the first instance. You know, societies where there is equality between men and women have been found to be safer and healthier societies and so we are also lending our voice to say that there needs to be equality. As men, we need to see women as equals and not see them as people that are beneath us. And so we are hoping that we will get to a situation where within our society there will be that sense of equality between the men and the women and thereby we will ultimately be able to have a safer and healthier society. Hello. Hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.