ILO offers support for elimination of child labour ChildLabour GuyRyder Nigeria Africa
It is only when Nigeria takes a more central role in the fight against child labour and human trafficking that the African continent would be properly placed to overcome the challenge, the International Labour Organisation , has said.
The Director General of the ILO Mr. Guy Ryder stated this in Leiden, The Netherlands, at a high level bilateral meeting with the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige on the sidelines of the just concluded conference, themed, “Taking next steps; ending child labour by 2025.” Responding, Ngige catalogued Federal Government’s efforts, saying the domestication of ILO Conventions 138 and 182 on the Minimum Age and Worst Forms of Child Labour, and enacting the Child Rights Acts of 2003, to consolidate all the existing laws on the fundamental rights of children were all geared towards enhancing the fight against child labour and human trafficking.
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