United Nations Children Fund UNICEF has renewed calls on relevant Authorities in ensuring that the Child Protection Bill was passed into law.
UNICEF Chief of Kano field office, Rahama Farah made the call during a football tournament organized between some selected Kano school children and Kannywood team to commemorate children’s day with theme “Discrimination, Exclusion and Inequality,” in commemoration of the world children’s day celebration.
“In Kano, Katsina and Jigawa States, many children are still out of school, don’t have rights to access education, nutrition, birth certificates, they are deprived of their basic rights.
“We (community leaders, policy makers and others) have to put our hands together on deck to protect the rights of the children.
“I will take this opportunity, to call on the Kano State government and the members of the house of assembly to enact the law that protects the children. We have a pending bill that needs to be passed into law in Kano State. We encourage the parliamentarian to facilitate the passage of the bill into law because we believe that will guarantee the protection of the rights of children in Kano state,” Farah stated”.
In his remarks, famous Kannywood actor, Ali Nuhu said passing the child protection bill will play a vital role in protecting the rights of children who are leaders of tomorrow.
The mini football tournament ended 4 – 2 in favour of the Kannywood team, while medals were presented to all the participants .
Abdullahi Jalaluddeen
