THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has declared that the House will work on the Sexual Harassment Bill forwarded to it by the Senate as soon as National Assembly members return from their annual recess.

The two-month break is scheduled to begin on Thursday.

Gbajabiamila also said the House would provide funds for the fight against gender-based violence in the 2021 budget to be presented to the National Assembly in September.

Gbajabiamila said this in response to a request by the Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund in Nigeria, Ulla Elisabeth Mueller, who led a delegation of United Nations and European Union Spotlight Initiative on a courtesy call at his office in Abuja on Wednesday.

The Speaker observed that gender-based violence had become disturbing in the country, hence the need for all stakeholders to come together to nip it in the bud.

He said, “You talked about the Senate Bill; though we are going on a long vacation, I can assure you that as soon as we come back, the House will work on the bill.”

Earlier in her remark, Mueller stated that everybody had the responsibility to say no to gender-based violence taking place in Nigeria and work toward ending it.