UNICEF Urges FG, Parents To Protect Children’s Rights

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged the Federal Government and parents to ensure that children are protected and not put under unnecessary violence.

The Chief of Field Officer, Dr Zakari Adam gave the advice on Friday during a three -day capacity building program in Keffi, Nasarawa State.

The training was organized by UNICEF partners in collaboration with the National Orientation of Agency [NOA] in Niger state and partners from Nasarawa.

Adam said for the interest of peace and national development, parents and government should prioritise children protection.

He said:”Parents and government at all levels should protect the rights of the children and citizens for societal development.

“The rights are their entitlements. Children are human beings and they are also entitled to these rights and they have to enjoy their rights.

“We should protect, respect and promote the rights of children in order to improve on their health and their standard of living.

“UNICEF is doing its best to ensure that a child or children enjoy their rights.”

He said the aim of UNICEF is to achieve a positive result for women and children through access to health facilities, good nutrition, education and other relevant social services required for their development.

He further explained that the training was aimed at equipping participants with the skills to achieve the result.

“The aim of the training is also to equip the participants with skills on how to apply result-based management into planning and reporting the programme implementation.

“It is all about the fact that what we should report should be results-focused.

“We are here working together for years now, particularly to ensure that our partners working in various ministries, related to children rights, are trained and their capacities raised in terms of human rights based approach programming,” he said.

Adams also said UNICEF is committed to addressing the challenges facing women and children in Nigeria to improve their health status and standard of living.