In Five Years, Nigeria Records 14% Reduction in Child Marriage - Report PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
A new report- Nigeria's National Immunisation Coverage Survey , has revealed that the country has recorded a significant decrease in the number of children who get married before the age of 18.
Apart from the reduction in child marriage, the MICS results also revealed that Nigeria has also made progress in child mortality which decreased from one in eight children dying before their fifth birthday to one in 10 children . She assured that the government will continue to strengthen all sectors of the economy to ensure a balanced development at the national and sub-national levels of governance.
She said:"Honourable ministers, heads of development partners, and distinguished ladies and gentlemen it is instructive to state that improving the survival rates among children depends on their access to routine immunisation. by developing the Nigeria economic sustainability plan, which the federal executive council approved in June 2020.
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