Nigeria: Why Calabar Was Chosen for Child Rights Convention - Unicef Boss

18 November 2009

Makurdi — Head of the 'A' Field Office of the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF), Enugu, Mrs Pelusi Ntambirweki, has said that the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Child Rights Convention (CRC) would take place in Calabar on November 20.

Mrs Ntambirweki explained at the recently concluded review of UNICEF activities that Calabar was chosen for the celebration because of the state government's interest in thE implementation of the Child Rights Act and the struggle to remove the stigmatization of children dubbed witches.

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