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The International Labour Organisation, ILO, has raises the alarm that rampaging COVID-19 pandemic has worsened the crisis of child labour across the globe, lamenting that it has brought additional poverty to already vulnerable populations and may reverse years of progress in the fight against child labour.
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Nigeria and 186 member-countries have ratified the ILO Convention on the Worst Forms of Child Labour, 1999 (No. 182), making it the first time in the history of the organisation that its convention had been ratified by all members.
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, says no fewer than 72 million children in Africa are forced into child labour. The UN’s health agency said in its official twitter account @WHOAFRO that the COVID-19 crisis had further put many more children at risk of child labour. “Child labour is
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By Adeola Badru MEMBERS of the Oyo State steering committee on child labour have been urged to intensify efforts to fight the scourge of child labour, modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour of under-aged in the state. The state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Alhaja Faosat Sanni stated this during a stakeholders’
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The International Labour Organisation, ILO, has declared that Nigeria is key in eliminating child labour, trafficking and slavery in Africa as she is a pathfinder country in 8.7 Alliance against modern slavery.
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Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment has called for international cooperation to eradicate child labour in Nigeria. Ngige made the call in a statement signed by Mr Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Press and Public Relations in the ministry on Tuesday in Abuja. He said this at a high-level bilateral meeting of the ongoing conference,
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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has declared that eliminating child labour, trafficking and slavery in Africa will hardly succeed without Nigeria playing a pivotal role.
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Funmi Ajumobi A 4-day workshop starts today at Dover Hotel Lekki by the technical committee of Alliance 8.7 to draft and develop a communication strategy for Alliance 8.7 in Nigeria to eliminate human trafficking and child labour and forced labour in others to promote sustained economic growth and full and productive employment and decent work
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GENEVA – A new report indicates that a significant share of child labour and human trafficking in global supply chains occurs at their lower tiers, in activities such as raw material extraction and agriculture, making due diligence, visibility and traceability challenging.
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The International Labour Organisation (ILO) on Tuesday said that it was working with the Federal Government and some States to eliminate child labour in the country by 2025.
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