Editorial - The Child Rights Act should be enforced
As Nigeria ns join the rest of the world to mark the 2024 Labour Day with the theme, 'Social Justice and Decent Work', it is important for the authorities to pay attention to the findings from the latest survey by the National Bureau of Statistics on child labour in the country. Four out of every 10 children in Nigeria , according to the NBS, are trapped in child labour which cannot be described as 'decent work'.
Unfortunately, most of the children engaged in child labour are deprived, and from poor homes. Indeed, poverty is the underlining reason for child labour, forced or otherwise. Some 133 million Nigerians out of a population of about 200 million live below the poverty line and most of them are children. More than 20 million children are out of school, just as many are stunted and underweight because of poor nutrition. They are forced into the farms or streets to eke out a living.
With the UN setting a target of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030, there are questions for the authorities in our country.
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