Miss Anambra Beauty Pageant promotes sexual exploitation of Female Youths,says CRRAN.

A human rights  organisation,' Civil Rights Realization and Advancement Network,CRRAN; has called for the abolition of the annual 'Miss Anambra state Beauty Pageant' organised by the Anambra State Broadcasting Service,ABS Radio, alleging the context has become an of sexual exploitation of female Youths.

The President of the organisation,Mr Olu Omotayo[Esq] in a petition to the Director General of National Agency For the Prohibition of trafficking in Persons,NAPTIP, captioned 'URGENT NEED TO END SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF FEMALE YOUTHS IN THE “MISS ANAMBRA BEAUTY PAGEANT” BEING ORGANIZED BY THE ANAMBRA STATE BROADCASTING SERVICE “ABS”, said their reason is based on the recent online circulation of nude pictures and video of Miss Anambra queen 2015,Miss Chidinma Okeke.
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 The petition by CRRAN to NAPTIP DG, dated October 29,a copy of which was mailed to 'The Authority' read,' We write to you in respect of the above mentioned matter. Recent

happenings which led to the online circulation of nude pictures and
video of the said Miss Anambra pageant queen 2015, Miss Chidimma Okeke
have shown prima facie that the organizers of the pageant are using
the avenue to sexually exploit young innocent girls of Southeast
Nigeria'.

CRRAN said it obvious that the noble objective of the Anambra state government in establishing the pageant,  through one of it's parastatals,' Anambra State Broadcasting Service, ABS,has been  defeated because it  is  no longer  promoting morality, culture of the people or empowering the female youths of this zone.

'We submit that the incident in Anambra State is sexual exploitation and slavery of young female persons.We urge you to urgently commence thorough investigation into this
barbaric competition and made those behind it face the full wrath of
the law'.

'It becomes more worrisome when it is an agency of the
state government that is involved in a dastardly act of this nature',CRRAN stated.
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In as much as the group called for thorough investigation into the matter by NAPTIP, they also called on the Anambra state government to ban further staging of the pageant outrightyl.

'This is a serious embarrassment to the whole nation. We urge you
to take immediate action to save female youths in the Southeast Nigeria
particularly Anambra State from further sexual exploitation and
slavery being perpetrated under the so call pageant, The government
should immediately ban the said pageant'.