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ABUSING CHILDEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS

August 12, 2023

ABUSING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS. INTRODUCTION Abuse of persons debases humanity. The way things are done in our family, workplace, and Schools with regard to children and young persons might amount to abuse negligently. WHAT IS CHILD ABUSE? The phrase, Child abuse has taken a new place in present-day Nigeria particularly when it was made popular during the move to legislate on the right of the child. Unfortunately, the phrase was not defined by the laws as what is defined is the word “ child ”. The laws in this area focused on the prevention of abuse and the protection of the rights and privileges of children. Who then is a child under the law applicable in Nigeria? The Child Right Act 2003 , and the Rivers State Child Rights Law 2009 define a “child” to mean a person under the age of eighteen years . Whereas the Lagos State Children and Young Person’s law , defines a ‘child’ to mean ‘a person under the age of fourteen’ and went further to define a ’young person’