In its bid to curb child labour in the country, a non-governmental organisation, AHKIN, which caters for homeless youngsters living on the streets and destitute, has enjoined government at all levels and members of the Nigerian community to uphold the rights of children.

The need for accelerated action towards supporting subnational governments in understanding the child labour indicators to eliminate the menace in Nigeria has been emphasised.

Worried about the daunting systemic and pervasive challenges that lie ahead, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned of the inability of the current economic model to produce sufficient decent jobs and labour rights.

The Street Project Foundation, which uses creative arts as a tool to facilitate youth leadership development, social mobilisation, and cross-cultural dialogue, in conjunction with the Freedom Fund

The Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group has joined forces with the International Cocoa Initiative (ICI) to address the pressing issue of child and forced labour within Africa’s cocoa supply chain. Leading the campaign through its cocoa sourcing company, Fludor Ghana Limited, TGI Group said the significant collaboration underlines its unwavering commitment to ethical and responsible…

The alarm raised by Public policy think tank group Nextier and the country director of the International Labour Organization (ILO) that no fewer than 15 million Nigerian children are engaged in child labour in Nigeria is quite frightening.

Working in industrial laundries at age 14, labouring up to 35 hours a week on top of school, some US states are relaxing the barriers to employing minors, despite rising cases of exploitation.

With 15 million child workers across Nigeria, according to International Labour Organization (ILO), government at all levels have been charged to tackle endemic child labour through legislative reforms, creation of jobs and enforcement of laws protecting children's vulnerabilities.

For nearly two decades, the world had been making steady progress in reducing child labour, which has been on the rise. Over the past few years, conflicts, crises and the COVID-19 pandemic have plunged more families into poverty and forced millions of children into child labour. Findings showed that the declining economic growth has not…