The Chief of Child Protection, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Ibrahim Sesay, has called on the incoming Bola Tinubu-led administration to work towards returning about 10.2 million estimated out-of-school children back to the classroom.
Sesay made the call on Saturday at the Children's Day celebration in Abuja while commending government efforts so far in tackling the problem.
Sesay, who said UNICEF was happy about the celebration of Children’s Day, added that besides the challenge of education, Nigerian children were faced with other problems, and more needed to be done.
“About 43 per cent of children had no birth identity 98million in multi-dimension poverty, five million with no basic hygiene and sanitation,” he said.
According to him, it is important for the government to intensify efforts for free quality education, and child rights protection amongst others.
“When we protect children’s lives we protect their common future.”
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in their goodwill messages called for the protection of the Nigerian child from harmful practices.
According to them, the protection of children had become more paramount in view of the level of violence and abuse they were exposed to.
Meanwhile, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) and the Nigeria Police Force expressed commitment to safeguarding the lives of Nigerian children UNICEF tasks Tinubu with out-of-school children.
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