The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has said that about twelve states in the country are yet to domesticate the Child Rights Act enacted by the Federal Government in 2003. The Chief Legal Officer, NHRC in Plateau State, Mr Kiyenpiya Mahuyai disclosed this yesterday at the seventh session of the Peace Architecture Dialogue (PAD), a monthly forum organised by Search for Common Ground. According to him, the affected states are; Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Enugu, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto, Yobe and Zamfara. Mahuyai said Plateau state which domesticated the Child Right Act in 2005, recently took another step when a High Court judge was designated as a family court judge. He said; “In that sense, we have a family court, we may not have a structure but the judge in her chambers can take up matters that affect children. So that is a huge step forward for us in Plateau State.” The Director, Child Welfare at the Plateau State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Gwamfa Kannap said the state government has put up structures which include; creating awareness and simplifying the law into booklets and distributing them to religious, traditional leaders and school proprietors.
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