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Nigeria: Nigeria Adopts Draft National Policy On Child Labour
Premium Times, 11 September 2013
The Executive Council of the Federation (FEC) on Wednesday adopted a draft policy on Child Labour to address the challenges faced by over 6 million Nigerian children involved in… Read more »
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Nigeria: 15 Million Nigerian Children in Hazardous Labour - FG
Daily Trust, 12 September 2013
The Federal Government has says no fewer than 15 million Nigerian children are currently in hazardous labour. Read more »
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Nigeria: What Do People Think of Child Labour?
Daily Trust, 15 August 2013
Child labour refers to the work children should not be doing because they are too young, because it is not suitable for their age. Read more »
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Africa: 180 Million Children Engaged in Child Labour Globally - NAPTIP Coordinator
Daily Trust, 5 August 2013
Mrs Nkiruka Micheal, Enugu zonal coordinator, National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), said at the weekend that 180 million… Read more »
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Nigeria: '80 Million Nigerian Children Engaged in Child Labour'
Daily Trust, 4 August 2013
Mrs Nkiruka Micheal, Enugu Zonal Coordinator, National Agency for Prohibition of Traffic In Persons and Other Related Matters (NAPTIP), has said 180 million children are engaged in… Read more »
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Nigeria: 'Do Not Employ Underage Children As Domestic Servants'
Daily Trust, 14 June 2013
Mrs Veronica Umaru is the National Coordinator of Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradication Foundation (WOTCLEF). In this interview, she explains the effect of child labour… Read more »
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Nigeria: Over 107 Million in Worst Form of Child Labour--ILO
Daily Trust, 12 June 2013
Director General of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Guy Ryder has revealed that 215 million girls and boys are child labourers with over half of them in the worst forms… Read more »
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Africa: ILO - Millions of Children in Slave-Like Conditions As Domestic Laborers
VOA, 11 June 2013
The International Labor Organization estimates 10.5 million children around the world are working as domestic workers in hazardous, sometimes slave-like conditions. The ILO is… Read more »