JUST IN: FG To Create New Policy Against Child Labour

JUST IN: FG To Create New Policy Against Child Labour

Onyxnewsng reports that the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) in Nigeria has called on the Federal Government, to provide adequate social protection policy in order to end child labour in the country.

In a statement by the National President of FIDA in Nigeria, Amina Agbaje, during the commemoration of the World Day Against Child Labour in Sunday, said that there was need to address some challenges faced and the gaps in the system which enable child labour.

The FIDA president disclosed that poverty in the communities was inextricably linked with rising levels of homelessness, inadequate nutrition and food insecurity as well as inadequate childcare.

Agbaje however commended the Nigerian government for its moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate child labour, emphasizing that such efforts have not been very effective.

She also urge government to increase access and support to ensure children can attend and stay in well-equipped schools.

The FIDA president advised that there should be well laid out and properly implemented plans to improve economic growth in communities, particularly at the grassroot levels.

She however called on relevant stakeholders to take legal and social responsibilities seriously, adding that government must effectively guard the system and promptly punish defaulters to serve as a deterrent.

“It is estimated that without mitigation strategies, the number of children in child labour could rise by 8.9 million in the world by the end of 2022, due to higher poverty and increased vulnerability.”

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“Others were lack of access to health care, unsafe neighbourhoods, and under resourced schools, which form a basis of child labour.”

“Improved and impactful social support measures to aid the vulnerable, accessible directly by them without too many technicalities, low-cost housing accommodation built for the vulnerable in communities to provide shelter at minimal rates.”

“Government owned safe spaces/homes for vulnerable children should be increased and made very conducive for the children.”