By Laju Iren

LAGOS—Founder of 9ineteen networks, Mrs. Chinemenma Umeseaka has said that there is an urgent need to put an end to girl-child abuse in Nigeria.

Umeseaka, whose organization focuses on mentoring teenagers, said this during a courtesy visit to Vanguard Media Limited to mark the International Women’s Day recently.

She said: “The issue of sexual abuse is becoming very rampant in our society. Many teenagers are abused by their own fathers. I tell people that girls are usually molested by people within the home.

‘’Beyond that, there are cases of abuse, physical and otherwise. One of the teenagers I mentor was admitted in the hospital because of chest infection as a result of beatings she suffered in the hands of her mother.”