It
is worthy to educate/enlighten the general public on the rights of every child,
enlightenment is superior to enforcement.
The
child right Act 2003 made proviso for the right of every child in Nigeria.
A
child for the purpose of this discussion and under the act is anybody under the
age of 18years.
99.9%
of parents treats and protect the interest of their child (ren) but what
happens to that child that lives with them.
It
is no longer news that most average families in Nigeria have a child living
with them often referred to as ‘maid’ that helps in house chores and taking
care of their own child.
The
question now is that are those ‘maids’ children too? Do they have a right
protected under the Child Rights Act 2003?
The
answer is not farfetched, many custodians are ignorant of the right protected under
the child’s right act and these rights are as follows;
(i)
No Nigerian child shall be subjected to
physical, mental or emotional injury, abuse or neglect.
(ii)
The dignity of the child shall be respected at
all times.
(iii)
Freedom from discrimination on the ground of
belonging to a particular community or ethnic group, place of origin, sex, religion
or circumstances of his birth.
(iv)
Making tattoos or mark and female genital
mutilation are punishable offences under the act.
(v)
Child trafficking ,abduction and forced
exploitative labour are stated to be offences
(vi)
Betrothal and marriage of children are
prohibited.
(vii)
Every parent or guardian having legal custody of
a child under the age of 2 years shall ensure its immunization against diseases
of fake judicial penalties.
Anyone found guilty of any of the above mentioned rights
will face judicial penalties because those rights are enforceable.
Am sure some women will say ‘thank God my maid is from Togo,
i do not have problem, i am sorry to disappoint you, the definition of who a
child is doesn’t change from Asia, Europe,
America, Africa and to those men whose wives have maids you
are as liable as your wife as provided in section
340 of the criminal code any husband or wife of an offender who is guilty
of endangering the life of servants will equally be guilty and it is also
aiding and abetting.
My advise goes to women, if we must have maids lets endeavor
to put them in government public schools where we cannot afford a private
school for them, this will not only put us on the positive side of law, we’ll
be greatly rewarded by God Almighty.
STOP SLAVERY EVERY CHILD DESERVES CHILDHOOD.
Oyenike Alliyu-Adebiyi Llb(hons) Bl
I hope so wicked custodians learn from this, thanks Nike
ReplyDelete@ nikky.. i am yet to see a person been punished for Tattoos, Some of them even have marks or tribal marks as their tradition. Having said that, For most parents our children are everything to us: our hopes, our ambitions, our future. But sadly, some children are not so fortunate. Some children’s lives are different. Dreadfully different. Instead of the joy, warmth and security of normal family life, these children’s lives are filled with risk, fear, and danger: and from what most of us would regard as the worst possible source Every child should be treated equally regardless of their background. #Made omos
ReplyDeleteThanks Made
ReplyDeleteTattoos: This mostly done by adults where an adult make tattoo for a child such adult will be guilty, a child is any person under the age of 18 years
Tribal marks: you are most like not going to see tribal marks on children born after year 2003 when the law was enacted, people in rural areas were adequately educated on the provision of law regarding tribal marks, so I want to tell you categorically that it is fading away if not totally out of our system.
Thanks
Yes o my lord, I concur who I'm I to agrue with a lawyer. I rest my case #made
ReplyDeleteTell GOD u just told them, another thing is ignorant. People don't read again. Even if they have, they visit blog that we not educate them but its always full of gossip. I pity them, thanks Barr Oyenike for we ar pround of u.
ReplyDeleteWell Said...
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