Nigeria: Govt Sets 2030 Target to End Violence Against Children

25 October 2016

The Federal Government has stressed that a Year of Action is insufficient to tackle the menace of Violence against Children (VAC) in the country and to commemorate the Presidential Year of Action, President Muhammadu Buhari has launched the National Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) campaign to end VAC by 2030.

The President, who was represented by the Secretary to Government of the Federation, Babchir Lawal, did so in Abuja, on Tuesday.

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