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Child Labour In Nigeria, Challenges And Prospects
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The research is concerned with Child Labour in Nigeria, Challenges and Prospects. The most important aspect of this study is to investigate to what extent labour among children affect their moral conducts and social relationship with others because no individual person leaves in isolation, the research also aims at determining the socio-economic effects of labour in order to bring them to the notice of the people and offer possible and valuable suggestions so as to find a lasting solution to the problems which have become canker worms.
Methods: The population of this study consists of randomly selected people in the streets of Lagos and also some female child labourers while cross-sectional survey design was used through the purposive sampling technique to choose the sample size of one hundred and sixty-two (162) respondents. The validated structured questionnaire and In-Depth Interviews (IDIs) served as the instruments for the data collection respectively. The hypotheses were tested using Chi-Square at a predetermined
0.05 level of signiï¬cance. The quantitative data were analysed with the aid of the SPSS (version 20).
Results: The results indicated among others that child labour had signiï¬cant social implications and physical consequences on children's moral behaviour as well as health status in the study area.
Conclusion: The study, therefore, concluded that the government of Nigeria should carry out an enlightenment campaign through the media and religious institutions on the negative consequences of child labour are recommended as panacea. Also, the child right act instrument and its implementation should be strengthened in order to curb child labour in the study area.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]To seek and to attain what is noblest in
human nature, to place the highest value on and respect the dignity of
human life and finally to purse honest endeavours and to take pride in
personal advance only through hardwork. Child labour is a form of
selling goods along the road from one place to the other (Umar 2009). It
also extends to be an act of canvassing for sale items carried by a
labour along the street, from house to house or in the public space
(Ikechebebu et al 2008: 114) ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]To seek and to attain what is noblest in
human nature, to place the highest value on and respect the dignity of
human life and finally to purse honest endeavours and to take pride in
personal advance only through hardwork. Child labour is a form of
selling goods along the road from one place to the other (Umar 2009). It
also extends to be an act of canvassing for sale items carried by a
labour along the street, from house to house or in the public space
(Ikechebebu et al 2008: 114) ... Continue reading---
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