Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, on Monday said the National Children’s Day celebration had provided an opportunity to reiterate his administration’s commitment to the promotion of children rights.
He said it also reflected on the role and responsibilities of government towards the actualization of these rights in the past four years as well as set an agenda for improvement of their wellbeing for the next four years and beyond.
The governor said it was pertinent to note that the past four years had been very challenging and rewarding in the efforts to improve the welfare of Nigerian Children.
According to him, the National Campaign on Ending Violence Against Children, launched on 15th September 2015 with the aim to galvanize action to end violence against children by the year 2030 was followed by the Commemoration of the End Violence Against Children campaign in 2016.
He said “Gladly many States have followed up with their own campaigns to end violence against children. Furthermore, at the Federal level, priority actions on Violence against Children have been developed to guide Ministries, Departments and Agencies to develop interventions to respond to Ending Violence against Children.
“These efforts have earned Nigeria the honour of being acclaimed a Pathfinder Country on Violence against Children by the Global Partners on Ending Violence Against Children. Similarly, the End Child Marriage launched in November 2016, was followed up with the development of a National Strategy to End Child Marriage.