UNICEF Seeks establishment of family Courts, hails passage of child rights act in Kebbi
By Sani Haruna Birnin Kebbi
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has assured it's readiness to support the establishment of the Family Court to hasten justice at the rural areas and adequate children data to ensure proper planning for the children in Kebbi state.
The Chief Field Officers, Sokoto Office of UNICEF, Michael Juma stated this during it's 2025 End of Year Review Meeting in collaboration with the Kebbi State Ministry of Budget and Economy Planning,held in Birnin Kebbi.
Machael Juma explained that, he had discussed the creation of family Court with the Kebbi Commissioner of Justice to take the necessary steps on the establishment of the Court that would be saddle with the issues, related to the children.
He commended the Kebbi State Government for passing the Child Protection Bill at the Kebbi State House of Assembly, stressed that it would help alot to free some children in detentions, lessen the rigorous trials being face by the Children and assist them to be re-integrated into the larger society.
Juma who declared the readiness of UNICEF to continue to collaborate the Kebbi State on poverty survey, social protection and nutrition intervention, lauded the state government for the released of N500 million counterpart funding on the nutrition.
He however suggested that there was need to address the issue of our of school children, cholera outbreak as well coming out with road map on WASH programme to ensure other LGAs join Arewa and Mayama Councils on the fighting against open defecations.
In his contribution, the Executive Chairman of SUBEB, Kebbi State, Professor Suleiman Khalid cautioned various organisations at the meeting to be careful while planning some policies that would in conflicts with the cultures, religious and tradition of the people adding that, the out of school children and Almajiris were caused by social and ecological factors.
According to him, during the dry season, that is the period you will see most of these children on the street begging in the name of Almajiris and the adults would be migrating to the South part of the country looking for what do to earn a living and called on leaders to enforce the parents to enroll their wards in schools.
Different departments have presented their 2025 performance on nutrition, social policy, social and behavioral change, education and WASH among others with a view to move forward.
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