KWARA STATE GOVERNOR INAUGURATES COMMITTEE ON CHILD RIGHTS 19-12-23
By Sadiq Aminu Kwara state government has inaugurated the Child Right Implementation Committee (CRIC) to ensure adequate protection of children rights in the state.
Speaking at the inauguration in Ilorin , Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq , advised the committee to fulfil its statutory mandate of coordinating the implementation of the Child Rights Law.
Represented by the state Commisssioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajiya Sa’adatu Modibo-Kawu, the governor said he is committed to champion the course of women empowerment,and the well-being of every child.
In her address of welcome, the State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Olaitan Buraimoh, said that the state government is passionate about welfare of women and girl- child .
Mrs. Buraimoh, explained that the Ministry of Women Affairs under the present administration had through various programmes and activities impacted in the lives of vulnerable women and girls positively.
In his remarks the United Nations Children’s Education Fund (UNICEF) Child Protection Specialist, Kaduna, Dr. Wilfred Mamah, expressed worry over high rate of Female Genital Mutilation, Out of School children as well as increase in the number of children at foster centres in the state.
He urged the newly inaugurated committee members to network and protect the child rights by ensuring that all the problems identified are addressed urgently.