Child Labour

Stakeholders at a three day workshop on Action Against Child Labour in Agriculture in West Africa (ACLAWA) Project, have called for an implementable and workable action to address the rising cases of child labour. Hosted by the…

The Kogi State Assembly has vowed to end all forms of gender-based violence and child labour in mining industries across the State. Mrs Comfort Egwaba, the Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, made the…

Nigerian actress Regina Daniels, has called on celebrities and movie producers, to put an end to child abuse in the entertainment industry. READ MORE: Will Smith reveals childhood abuse experience in new memoir While speaking in a…

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for the elimination of child labour, particularly in Africa's cotton industry. Citing Mali, Africa's second largest cotton producer, as an example, the FAO…

Barry Callebaut Nigeria Cocoa and Chocolate Limited, a subsidiary of Barry Callebaut Group, the world's leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, has organized an event to train and sensitize cocoa farmers to child…

Ivory Coast which is the world's top cocoa producer is still battling against increased child labour on farms. In a crackdown in Soubre, Ivory Coast’s cocoa-producing hub, west of Abidjan, police found and rescued 68 children working in…

Nigeria has begun the process of validating the National Policy on Child/Forced Labour, and the National Action Plan NAP on the Elimination of Child/Forced Labour in Nigeria 2021 - 2025. This move according to the government, had…