The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) identify major challenges facing the domestication of the child rights act in many states in Nigeria to inadequate support from government and lack of awareness creation to inform the public about the basic rights of an African child.
It suggests for a holistic approach that would accommodate equal rights for every child, irrespective of their birth, background and socio-ethnic affiliation.
These were the recommendations reached in this year Day of the African child celebration in Awka, Anambra state capital, in commemoration of the 16th June 1976 student uprising in Soweto, South Africa. Which had students marched in protest against the poor quality of education they received and demanded to be taught in their own languages?