As the country celebrates the 2016 international day of the African child, the Senate has called on the federal government to provide budgetary allocation for programmes that deal with children’s nutrition and education in the relevant ministries.
This call was made by Sen. Oluremi Tinibu (APC) Lagos Central in a motion titled, “Conflict and crisis in Africa, protecting all children’s rights.”
The Senate urged the federal government not to relent in its effort to key into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that provide a framework for government programme to key into globally agreed development outcomes.
It also tasked the federal and state governments on the implementation of the UBE Act and the domestication and implementation of the child rights act in states that are yet to do so.
The Senate also congratulated the Children of Africa and Nigeria in particular on the celebration of the 2016 International Day of the African Child. Senate president, Bukola Saraki in his contribution urged the lawmakers to play their role in support of the children.
“I think this is a straight forward motion. I congratulate the children of Africa and the children in Nigeria. We must find ways to work with the states in the child rights act. We must do our best to protect our children to give them a great future and protect them at all time,” he said.
According to reports, 30 million of the world’s 57 million children who are out of school are in Sub-Saharan Africa and 10 million of them are in Nigeria which happens to be the highest in Africa.