Hey guys!
Blame it on visasurf o...I got into Abj late on Monday only to find that the subscription has expired and I couldnt find the pack...but anyhow,Hw una dey?
So,I still wanna kick start panorama today.....
The fuel scarcity in Abj is alarming........2,000k a gallon.......my God what da heck is our country turning into??? Meanwhile,at Maid it sells for 400naira!
I wanna use this maiden edition to talk about the recent celebration on the 20th of November of the child rights act!
The 2009 UNICEF state of the wrold's child report says it all!
THE FACTS.
in Sub-saharan Africa;
1. Under 5 mortality rate(1990) 186
2. under 5 mortality rate(2007) 89
3. life expectancy at birth(2007) 50
4. total adult literacy rate(2000-2007) 62
Source; UNICEF
1. child prostitution(1992) 40,000
2. child prositution(1997) 60,000-100,000
source; EPCAT international
1. number of children living on Lagos streets(2005-2006) 100,000
source; CWLN
THE RANTS.
These are some of the many statistics that one would find when you google anything on child welfare or when you read publications of child rights organazations.........But the fact remains that these statistics are not 100% accurate. Funny eough in this case,the real problem is too large for these stats to cover......
Ranging from child labour to infant mortality, from child slodiers to child slavery, from cihld prostitutiion to child molestation and so many others.
I was so shocked to find only online that there is a child social service here in Nigeria......this has only raised more questions in ma mind as to what we are reallt doing as a nation to salvage our future leaders!!!
THE SOLUTIONS.
I see it as a matter of immediate attention that;
1. more awareness shld be carried out in the rural areas on the need to educate the child.
2. more emphasis shld be placed on strategies to make affordable and accesible child health care.
3. more NGOs shld be brought in to work hand in hand with goverment in breaking the child slavery circle.
4. more work shld be done in the strive to enforce the law on adults who are involved in exploiting the child.
5. more shld be done to encourage girl-child education in our communities.
If we dont look closely at these issues,I believe that we would continue to have problem with that transition to a developed nation!
I'm outta here people...........
