By Fortune Eromosele
An international Civil Society Organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Tuesday, has said that more sensitization programs needs to be conducted for all forms of abuse against children in Nigeria especially in the FCT.
Speaking during the training of Child Rights Implementation Committee (CRIC) members in Kuje-Abuja, Advisor and Team Lead on the Mobilizing Action Towards the Abolition of Infanticide, MATAI Project, AAN, Ubong Tommy, said that there is the need to create more awareness for all forms of abuse against children, for the safety of Children everywhere in Nigeria and in every community.
He added that “We need to raise more awareness, more awareness that there is a community like the CRIC, there is a law like the Child Rights Act and the Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Act. We need to raise awareness of all these instruments and then begin to enforce the law. Things have changed and now the government is ready to show that they care for this c
Child Rights Act: ActionAid builds capacity of CRIC members across FCT
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By Gabriel Ewepu and Fortune Eromosele – Abuja
An international Civil Society Organization, ActionAid Nigeria, AAN, Tuesday, began the capacity building of members of Child Rights Implementation Committee, CRIC, across the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, for effective discharge of their duties in order to achieve goals of the Child Rights Act.
The Advisor and Team Lead on the Mobilizing Action Towards the Abolition of Infanticide, MATAI Project, AAN, Ubong Tommy, explained the essence of the training organised by the MATAI Project funded by European Union, EU, and implemented by ActionAid Nigeria, which is to adhere to the Child Rights Act 2003 that stipulates all Area Councils should set up a local committee to ensure the implementation of its contents and that of other regional and continental instruments on the rights and welfare of children.