Nigeria now has a National Policy on Child and Forced Labour as well as a National Action Plan on the Elimination of Child Labour and Forced Labour between 2021 and 2025.
At the official validation of the draft document, Ministers of Labour, Women, and the Federal Capital Territory commit to pursuing states to domesticate the Child Rights Act, which among others seeks to prosecute any parent who engages children in works before their due age.
The story is, however, not the same for 11-year-old Ayomide, who must learn to fix this generator before he eats. Going to school remains an unending dream for him.
For such children, who are already working and many who may be forced, the Nigerian government and its international partners have drafted, validated, and presented a new National Policy on Child Labour and Forced Labour.
A national action plan on the Elimination of Child and Forced Labour between 2021 and 2025 has also been presented.
The National Coordinator of Accelerated Action Against Child Labour in the supply chain in Africa, ACCEL Africa, Agatha Kolawole, is hopeful Nigeria will meet its target to eliminate all forms of child labour.
