A high-powered delegation to ripen a marshal plan for implementation against 200,000 children who are at risk of dying annually as a result of baby factory, child trafficking and criminal activities is underway.
Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development expected to lead the ministry’s delegation to the National Consultative Conference on Protecting Children and Vulnerable Persons will present a keynote address.
The address which will focus on strategic action plans to protect children and vulnerable groups towards achieving UN Sustainable Goals on Children in Nigeria will seek ways to solve more than 20,000 reported cases of sexual and domestic violence against children in Nigeria yearly.
It will also seek solutions to more than 10 million out-of-school Nigerian children from 5 to14 years, over 15,000 children born and abandoned without parental care each year and over 700,000 lunatics currently roaming the streets in the country.
A press release issued by Mrs Love Nma Onyechere, CEO, Child Trust Action & Programme Director on Tuesday, says the conference will hold at the National Centre for Women Development, Abuja, from November 25 to 28, 2019.
According to her, “The consultative conference will be attended by critical stakeholders involved in the protection of children and vulnerable groups in Nigeria including: Principal Officers of Women Affairs, Justice, Health and Education Ministries, Departments and Agencies; Chairmen, Principal Officers and members of Federal and State Houses of Assembly on women affairs, health and education; Heads,, Deans and Chief Security Officers of tertiary Institutions; elected and appointed political office holders.”
The conference is being coordinated by Child Trust Action in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs; Federal Ministry of Women Affairs; Senate Committee on Women Affairs; House of Reps Committee on Women Affairs; National Human Rights Commission; and Social Investment Office of the Presidency.
