DELTA SETTLES 1,325 MARITAL DISPUTES

A total of 1,325 marital disputes were settled by Delta State Ministry
for Women Affairs, Community and Social Development between January
and October, 2013, an official, has said. Commissioner in charge of
the ministry, Chief Betty Efekodha, told News Agency of Nigeria, NAN,
yesterday in Asaba that the cases were out of the 1,342 it received
during the period.

She said apart from resolving the disputes, the ministry had also
rendered guidance and counselling services to 62 other families.
Efekodha also said the state government had established 50 'family
courts' across the state to serve as alternative dispute resolution
centres. She said one of the courts, located in Sapele Local
Government Area, had been fully equipped to entertain cases under the
Child Rights Law. The commissioner disclosed that the government
was making plans to equip the remaining 49 family courts.