Child Labour & Child Marriage

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3 years ago

According to the United States Department of labour, more than thirty-one percent (31%) of Nigerian children (roughly over 14,000,000 children) aged five to fourteen are working children, who are engaged in various kinds of job, be it forced labour or voluntary in various sectors. Cases of child labour has been noticed in the agricultural sector for example, where children participate in the production of cassava, yam, etc. Even in the mining industry were they mine and crush granite.

Underage children can also be found on highways, chasing cars begging for aems or selling various goods like pure water, drinks,eggs, groundnut etc. Many Nigerian farms today totally depends on family labour in the operation of these farms. In most cases these families cannot afford to send these children to school,hence they used them in the fields. While in other cases the children and even the parents value their farms than education. A perfect example for these is Cross River State in Nigeria,Bateriko Boki East local Government to be precise. Were children would skip school all through the term only to show up on exams days with the excuse that they have been busy at the farm. Were a father could spend money on drinks but find it hard to pay school fees.

Early marriage is prevalent in Nigeria most especially in the northern region, based on the belief that early marriage prevent their young ones from way-ward life style. in most cases one of the major cause of early marriage has been associated with poverty. Many young girls are married off at the age fifteen to one rich chief or elder who has more than one wife, some are even married off at the age of nine. These girls are easily subjected to disease and domestic violence and no access to education due to entering motherhood at an early age.

All these clearly goes againt the Human Right

  • #Right To Education

What can be done?

It is the duity of the government to protect the right of their future leaders, by at least creating free education in most of these commmunities, the people should be enlightened about the benifits of education and the effects of early marriage. It is not just the job of the government alone, tho they play a major role. Those with resources should also reach out to these communities, it could be an NGO or a group of persons. What about you? Are there children who lack education around you? You dont need to have all the wealth in the world to help out. On your own teach them. Reach out the little ways you can.

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Poverty contribute to child labor and abuse most of the time. Children that should be sent to school are being sent to hawk goods in the street

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3 years ago

Yes because most of these parents are not educated thus they see no value for education

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3 years ago

I don't really know why some parents will just decide to turn their children into a slave, still find it difficult to understand

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3 years ago

Lack of understanding i guess

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3 years ago

Feasibility study has to be carried out, the act that some man has carnal knowledge of a very young child is disapproving.

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3 years ago

This alone, is another topic on its own, its so so wrong

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3 years ago

Training is different from slavery. Let training our children in love.

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3 years ago

Exactly

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3 years ago

Until the government resolve the hardship we are facing now before things will go well in this country and child labour will drastically reduced

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3 years ago

The government has to do something

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3 years ago

We need to positively invest in our children . They are our only hope.

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3 years ago

True,their future matters

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3 years ago

Africa as a continent is going through a whole lot and child labor is one of them

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3 years ago

Africa needs serious attention

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3 years ago

Child labor so many times lead to early marriage, when the child in question see no future in life or opportunity that could bring about a big change in life. Something big has to be done to this

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3 years ago

Very true, most see it as their last resort

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3 years ago

Child labour is most common in Africa....... seriously it's not a good thing and measures should be taken to put an end to it

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3 years ago

I think proper enlightenment should be made

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3 years ago

Child labour has been ongoing in the world especially in africa and this needs to stop if we are to make africa a better place for all

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3 years ago

True... Actions need to take place

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3 years ago

Early marriage is something that needs to be stopped entirely

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3 years ago

Yes it has no go, the world is nolonger primitive. We are all exposed

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3 years ago

Yes, child labour as becomed very common and it's bad, it affects the kids and gets use to them, suffering I good.

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3 years ago

True, most of these kids are so used to i, they feel it is normal, some cannot even express their pains

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3 years ago

Child labour has become something common in our country now and it's causing a lot of harm to children's so it's really important that the one united nations will say something about it

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3 years ago

Yes child labour and early marriage has helped killed many great minds

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