National Child Care Development Summit 2024

CHILDREN, the most vulnerable members of the society, seem not to have any place to hide from demented Nigerians whose stock in trade is stealing of minors, even day old, for the purpose of making quick money. The epidemic is a variant of the scourge of kidnapping, which the Nigerian state has laboured to staunch for more than a decade but to no avail.

The rising cases of child theft in Nigeria is not only increasingly alarming but gradually spiraling out of hand. Its tripartite evil counterparts of child rape, abuse and molestation are not getting the deserved government assault either. Nigeria is confronted by this ugly trend on a daily basis to the point that there seem not to be any light at the end of the tunnel. These evils and their corresponding robust networks blossom with audacity and consequently defied unfettered check by the responsible authorities. These dare devil group are practically on top of their game while government and its agencies lack any tact to arrest and eliminate this ugly trend.