Three years after the Child Rights Act was introduced and passed by virtually all the 17 southern States, only three out of the 19 northern states have passed the Child Rights Act in Nigeria, the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday in Kaduna, north-west Nigeria.
The law seeks to promote the rights of children to better life and protect them against the vagaries of exploitation, abuse and exploitation.
UNICEF Communications Officer Rabiu Musa said Kogi, Kwara and Niger states have passed the law, while Sokoto and Katsina were almost sealing it.
He explained that the states were amending the Act to suit their local peculiarities in terms of religion, culture and environment.
Musa said about 10 million children were not in school in the country and called on stakeholders to collaborate in reversing the trend as it was becoming a serious social problem.
According to him, UNICEF was engaging parents, the three tiers of government and institutions, including NGOs, to address issues of child labour and trafficking.
Source African Press Agency
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