Children’s Day: UNICEF inaugurates campaign on child’s rights

UNICEF’s new Country Representative in Nigeria, Mr Peter Hawkins, made this known on Monday in a statement to commemorate the Children’s Day, observed annually on May 27.

This year’s Children’s Day falls during the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is being commemorated this year around the world. UNICEF aims that every child in Nigeria has a copy by 2030, the deadline for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. “Thirty years ago, something incredible happened. World leaders came together in a moment of unity for the world’s children.

Nigeria is endemic for abuse of children due to the following factors: Poverty, child fostering, child labour, polygamy, law, illiteracy, tradition, culture and overpopulation. These factors are hard to correct in Nigeria society.

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