{"id":70490,"date":"2019-11-20T15:52:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:52:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=70490"},"modified":"2019-11-20T15:52:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T14:52:40","slug":"humanitarian-affairs-minister-outlines-for-confab-on-protecting-children-and-vulnerable-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/pointblanknews-investigations\/humanitarian-affairs-minister-outlines-for-confab-on-protecting-children-and-vulnerable-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"HUMANITARIAN\u00a0 AFFAIRS MINISTER\u00a0 OUTLINES\u00a0 FOR\u00a0 CONFAB ON PROTECTING CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE GROUPS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hajia Sadiya Umar Farouk, Hon. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs,<br \/>\nDisaster Management and Social Development will lead a higher powered<br \/>\ndelegation of the Ministry to the National Consultative Conference on<br \/>\nProtecting Children and Vulnerable Persons to present a keynote address.<br \/>\nThe address will focus on strategic action plans for protecting<br \/>\nchildren and vulnerable groups towards achieving UN Sustainable Goals on<br \/>\nChildren in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The Conference, scheduled to hold at the National Centre for Women<br \/>\nDevelopment, Abuja, from 25th to 28th November 2019, is an important<br \/>\nfirst step in developing a marshal plan of action for implementation and<br \/>\nenforcement of child right laws in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The strategic importance of the consultative conference can properly<br \/>\nunderstood against the background of\u00a0 current realities that: over<br \/>\n20,000 cases of sexual and domestic violence against children are<br \/>\nreported in Nigeria every year; over\u00a0 10 million Nigerian children aged<br \/>\n5-14 years are out of school;\u00a0 over 15,000 children are born and<br \/>\nabandoned\u00a0 without parental care each year; at 200,000 children are at<br \/>\nthe risk of death annually due to baby factory and child trafficking<br \/>\ncriminal activities; over 700,000 lunatics are currently roaming the<br \/>\nstreets of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>The consultative conference is being attended by critical stakeholders<br \/>\ninvolved in the protection of children and vulnerable groups in Nigeria<br \/>\nincluding: Principal Officers of Women Affairs, Justice, Health and<br \/>\nEducation Ministries, Departments and Agencies; Chairmen, Principal<br \/>\nOfficers and members of\u00a0 Federal and State Houses of Assembly on women<br \/>\naffairs, health and education; Heads,, Deans and Chief Security Officers<br \/>\nof tertiary Institutions; elected and appointed political office<br \/>\nholders.<\/p>\n<p>The Consultative Conference is being coordinated by Child Trust Action<br \/>\nwith the support and facilitation of: Federal Ministry of Humanitarian<br \/>\nAffairs; Federal Ministry of Women Affairs; Senate Committee on Women<br \/>\nAffairs; House of Reps Committee on Women Affairs; National Human Rights<br \/>\nCommission; and Social Investment Office of the Presidency.<\/p>\n<p>HON. 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