Children’s Day: Group wants implementation of child rights laws in Nigeria

Sunday, May 28, 2017

The international federation of women lawyers, FIDA, has called on the Nigerian government to address the infrastructural challenges militating against the future of Nigerian child, as the nation joined the rest of the World to mark the 2017 children’s day on May 27.
FIDA in a statement signed by its country director, Inime Aguma, called on all state governments in Nigeria to adopt the Child Rights Act, 2003 as well as the Violence against Persons Prohibition, VAPP, Act 2015.
“It is a day we reflect on children’s education, growth, development, welfare, health, and other issues affecting the Nigerian child,” the organisation said.
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