FG, ILO to Unveil 2022 Nigeria Child Labour Report Thursday

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The federal government and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) will on Thursday unveil a report on survey on the state of the child and forced labour in Nigeria.

The project tagged: “Accelerating action for the elimination of child labour in supply chains in Africa project,” was implemented through the financial support of the United States Department of Labour (USDOL) and Netherlands Government.

A statement by the Director of ILO Country Office for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Liaison Office for ECOWAS, Dr Vanessa Phala, said that the survey was conducted by the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS) with the sum of $298,351.42.

Phala explained that the aim was to undertake a survey on the state of the child and forced labour in Nigeria.

“The purpose of this invest is to generate data that would assist the Government, Workers, Employers, ILO and other stakeholders in future intervention aimed at eradicating or reducing the menace of child and forced labour in Nigeria.

“The report would no doubt provide appropriate data that would assist in the implementation of Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP), UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) towards the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially SDG 8.7.

” The ILO Country Office Abuja will organise the official launch of the Nigeria Child and Forced Labour Report 2022 in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, NBS, donors, ILO constituents and other stakeholders,” she stated

She added that the survey will produce reliable and timely labour statistics that is essential to the research and information needs for sound, evidence-based policymaking, and implementation of more child labour projects.

“More precisely, accurate and current statistics are necessary to describe and analyse the prevalence, determinants, and consequences of child and force labour problems,” she added.