Kebbi lawmakers pass law on child rights

The Kebbi State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to domesticate the Child Rights Act in the state.

The passage of the bill in Kebbi State followed that of Katsina in December last year. Both North-west states are affected by child marriages and the street children menace. “The Chairman of Justice and Judiciary Committee, Barrister Aminu Muhammed Bunza, while presenting the Committee’s report at plenary, explained that the committee studied Bills and made comparison with law of other states such as Sokoto, Kano and Kaduna to ascertain the extent of the laws in those states.

in the state among others to X-ray religious and moral implications of the Bill,” the official statement said.Nigeria adopted the Child Rights Act in 2003 to domesticate the international convention on the rights of a child.

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