UNICEF Task Media On Child Reportage

This was stressed on the one day Seminar organised for Journalists by UNICEF on Monday in Jos, to train newsmen on child reportage, tagged “Ending Violence Against Children In Nigeria”.

Addressing Journalists, the Communication Officer UNICEF Field Office Bauchi, Mr Samuel Kaalu, decried the abuse Children go through in Nigeria without being noticed and therefore suffer prejudice in silence.

He fingered early marriage, rape, malnutrition as a result of crisis and disasters among others, as one of the traumatic situations children has found themselves in Nigeria, without topping the priority of government for immediate intervention because the media does not see these issues as priority in their reportage to expose them.

Consequently, UNICEF solicits partnership of the media in presenting these ills in the front burner in other to bringing a quick end to the ugly trend.

Calling on Media partnership, Kaalu said it has become imperative to partner with newsmen, in other to eliminate cynicism and scepticism, stating that the message need to get across the desired audience.

However in a communique from the Ministry of Women Affairs Plateau State, it stipulates that the Federal Government is committed to ending violence against children in all settings.

It further explained that the National Priority Agenda (NPA), for Vulnerable Children 2013-2020, has set as one of its six priorities that all children are safe from abuse, violence, exploitation and neglect.