34% of Nigerians believe indecent dressing is main cause of rape

The NOI Polls, which is an opinion
polling and research organisation,
established by the current Finance
Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and
named after her, yesterday released
results from its poll carried out in
January 2013, in commemoration of
the International Day of the Girl Child.
NOI Polls revealed:
“In order to commemorate this
event and honour the girl child
this special day, NOI Polls Limited
released one of the polls we
conducted in the first quarter of
the year 2013, which was focused
on the challenges faced by the girl
child in Nigeria and indeed the
world over as a result of the
incidence of rape among women
in the society.
34 percent of the participants
believed that indecent dressing
was the main cause of rape in the
society; 18 percent believed
unemployment was the cause;
nine percent believed it was
caused by lack of moral values
and another nine percent believed
it was caused by the inability to
control sexual urges; seven
percent said it was caused by
faulty upbringing. Five percent of
the participants believed rape was
caused by illiteracy about
women’s rights, ungodliness and
bad company.