By Albert Akota
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has reiterated the need to close the numerous protection gaps in Nigeria’s child development plan to enable them attain their full potentials.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Tony Ojukwu, SAN, who stated this in Abuja to mark this year’s International Children’s Day noted that, “improving our protection efforts on issues affecting children has become more imperative, considering their increased vulnerability in the face of climate change, flooding, kidnapping, widespread violence, insecurity, poverty, hunger and education.”
He said this year’s theme, “Inclusion, for Every Child”, is apt because it aims to bring child rights issues to the front burner, “thereby serving as a wake-up call to the duty bearers to take necessary actions that will guarantee a better future for our Children”.
The Learned Senior Advocate of Nigeria stated that the Child Rights Act of Nigeria replicates key ingredients of the UN Child Rights Convention and the African Children’s Charter and the Act which was passed in 2003 adopted in 31 states in Nigeria.
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