On the 23rd and 24th of May 2023, Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development and CIPP partners conducted a 2-days Capacity Building Workshop on Kogi State Violence against Persons (Prohibition) Law, 2022 for Kogi State Office of the Public Defender and Citizens’ Rights Commission(PDCRC) Structures.

The capacity building workshop had in attendance the Hon. Chief Judge Kogi State, the Executive Director SCDDD, the Commandant Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Commissioner for Women Affairs, and the Commissioner of Police.

Participants drawn from the PDCRC, Ministry of Justice, Magistrates, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) were heralded by several sessions of holistic and detailed training on the implementation of the Kogi State VAPP Law, 2022.