“Conscious of its duty and obligations towards the Child, therefore, the FCT Administration has considered it necessary to undertake a comprehensive survey of the conditions of the child in the affected communities. She noted that the domestication of the United Nations’ Charter on the Rights of the Child by Nigeria in 2003 made it incumbent for the country to establish necessary institutional framework for the protection of the child.Īccording to the minister, Section 11 of the Child Rights Act of 2003 provides that no child shall be subjected to physical, mental or emotional injury, abuse, neglect or maltreatment, including sexual abuse as well as torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, among others. In the same vein, we became apprehensive that besides the communities already reported on, that there might still be others whose cultural practices, in so far as the welfare of the child is concerned, have not kept pace with civilized standards,” Ms. “After preliminary investigations, we came to the conclusion that the report may not be altogether unfounded. “The FCT Administration received the report of such primordial cultural practices with serious concern and considers the development unacceptable and totally reprehensible considering the time and age in which we are.
The Minister of State for FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide, who inaugurated the Committee, said the alleged practice of infanticide was of national and humanitarian concern to the administration. The Federal Capital Territory Administration on Tuesday instituted a Ministerial Committee to probe the alleged practice of infanticide, particularly killing of twins, by some communities in the territory. The FCTA raises ministerial committee to investigate alleged practice of infanticide.
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