375 children in Lagos that should end up in prisons or custody after coming in conflict with the law or committing a crime have been prevented from ending up in prison or a custody through the state diversion programme.
The Child Protection Specialist UNICEF , Mr. Denis Onoise , revealed this during a two-day workshop for local council chairmen and council stakeholders on the diversion programme organised by Lagos State Office of Public Defender.
Onoise stated that the adoption of the diversion programme is important because the child becomes more stubborn and violent when they return from prison. “The Child Right Law of Lagos state is founded on principles of compassion, equity, and justice and provides a unique set of rules that promote Child Justice Administration as opposed to the traditional criminal justice administrative systems that always terminates in incarceration in correctional facilities.
“It will also prevent the problem of children being moved from one local government to another to join a diversion programme. The Vice-Chancellor, Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, Professor Olufemi Victor Adeoluwa, has called on government to ensure that every school has a functional library, which is adequately furnished, equipped and stocked and is manned by a trained librarian or assistant librarian.
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