Francis Sardauna in Katsina
As Katsina State continues to grapple with cases of child rights infringement, the state Speaker of Children’s Parliament, Mubarak Lawan Yantaba, has called on the state House of Assembly to pass the Child Protection bill into law.
The parliament also advocated the enactment of another law that will make girl-child education mandatory and avert early marriage in the state.
THISDAY reports that the Child’s Right Act (CRA) was enacted in 2003 at the federal level to serve as the legal document and protection of child rights and responsibilities in Nigeria.
Yantaba, while in audience with the state Assembly Speaker, Tasi’u Zango, said the bill if signed into law, would hold government and parents accountable on the issues of child molestation and girls’ education.
He explained that the bill, when passed, would ensure that the interest and rights of the Nigerian child is properly taken care of, as “a…
