Nigeria Convenes a technical Working Group to Lead Towards Ending Child Marriage
- SitiTalkBlog
- Jul 13, 2016
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Nigeria: As reported by the Nigerian Vanguard, on July 11, 2016, at the 2016 world population day commemoration organized by National Population Commission (NPC), with a focus on investing in teenage girls, the country, Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Aisha Alhassan disclosed in Abuja that the Federal Government has developed a technical working group to develop policies and legislation that will end girl-child marriage in the country.
The Nigerian Vanguard reported that in her remarks, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Senator Alhassan, who was represented by Mrs, Georgete Azogu, the Director, Child Development in the ministry, said: “Today’s adolescence is tomorrow’s adult. As we all commemorate 2016 World Population Day, I urge stakeholders at all level to take appropriate measures to ensure the adolescent girls meet their full potentials. “The Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development and other stakeholders are planning to begin a national campaign to end child marriage in Nigeria. “We have developed a technical working group that comprises all stakeholders: we have got the directors and state directors of Child Development to be part of it. “We have a consultant going round to engage the states and all the stakeholders, including NGOs and faith-based organizations.”
SitiTalkBlog promises to continue to provide updates on child marriage in Nigeria and other parts of Africa.
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