THE KADUNA STATE GOVERNMENT,HAS PROPOSED LIFE SENTENCE FOR RAPISTS IN THE NEW CHILD RIGHT BILL.{READ}.

                                  Deputy Director,Civil Litigation in the Kaduna state's Ministry for Justice,Mr Irimiya Samson,made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria {NAN} in Kaduna.Samson explained that the development became necessary,following incessant cases of rape,partiicularly of minors,being recorded daily in the state.He noted that current penalty for rape in the Penal Code was very light,as such it was important to make the law more strict to curtail the ugly trend.He said ''The incidences of the rape have become very rampant in the state.It is particularly disturbing that the offenders are mostly elderly men whose victims are toddlers minors within the age range of three to six.In curbing this abominable act,the state government has decided to invoke a stiff punishment for offenders in the child right law.As such,when the bill is passed,anyone caught ould remain behind bars for life.Similarly,exposing children to obscene materials like phonographic content has also been criminalised.Offenders would be imprisoned or made to pay fine of N500,000 for individuals and one to five million for companies,plus a two-year ban.The proposed law also de-emphasis detaining or locking up children for juvenile offences,having realised that detention do not help the children in anyway.What the law proposed in place of detention is community service,which in all sense could instill some level of discipline in juvenile offenders.Education was also covered in the law,making it mandatory for every child to acquire basic education''.