THERE are not the best of times to be a Nigerian, let alone a Nigerian child. As state governors grow dizzy with rhetoric, articulating visions that lead to nowhere, millions of Nigerian children, especially in the North, are virtually left at the mercy of the elements. They are on the streets begging for money or foraging for food. They sleep on the streets and mingle with criminals using hard drugs, and from early age are exposed to the life of crime. Their parents cannot send them to school, and the government is doing little to reverse the trend. Although the out-of-school phenomenon is a global problem, the situation is particularly horrendous in Africa. For instance, in …
Source: Nigerian Tribune
