THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN IN NIGERIA
Abstract
Despite the fact that the convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) which came into force on the 2nd of September 1990 and which is widely recognised as human rights treaty across the world with about (193) countries have ratified it, its provisions were yet to be implemented in the majority of the developing countries. In Nigeria, about twenty-four (24) states have domesticated the Child Rights Act CRA of 2003. However some of the states that have domesticated it have not but appropriate machinery in place for its full implementation. The article/paper focuses on attempts geared towards the implementation and enforcement of the rights of a child. The article recommended adequate sensitization programmes and raising the awareness of the content of the CRA in schools and local governments across Nigeria and involving the print and social media in the laudable project.
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