The Federal Government in Abuja on Monday reported arrangements to dispatch a crusade to end youngster marriage and other related hurtful conventional practices in the nation.
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Sen. Aisha Alhassan said this amid a media preparation.
Alhassan said the move was a result of the determination by African pioneers to end youngster marriage amid the 25th African Union Ordinary Session of Heads of State in June 2015.
She said the pioneers likewise made plans to make useful strides in tending to the issues of kid marriage and other destructive customary practices.
"One of first down to earth steps is an incredible battle to end kid marriage which will be propelled tomorrow Nov. 29 at the Sheraton Hotel.
"Worldwide people group and Nigeria specifically are progressively perceiving youngster marriage as a genuine test, both as an infringement of human rights and a hinderance to key formative results,'' she said.
Alhassan said African nations were confronted with the difficulties of kid marriage which burglarized young ladies or offspring of their instruction, wellbeing and future.
She said by discoveries, 15 million kids are offered each year universally with decimating results on their general prosperity.
"This is extremely exasperating as it is further uncovered that 15 out of the 20 nations with the most astounding rates of kid marriage on the planet are in Africa.
"Fifteen African nations have so far propelled the crusade to end tyke marriage.
"The nations are Ethiopia, Ghana, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Niger, the Islamic Republic of Gambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Eritrea, Zambia, Chad, Burkina Faso , Mali and Madagascar," Alhassan said.
She said a National Technical Working Group set up to end tyke marriage in the nation was initiated on July 23, 2015 by the service.
Alhassan encouraged the media, improvement accomplices and different partners to try harder in guaranteeing young lady's rights to opportunity from youngster marriage and different types of brutality against kids.
She additionally encouraged all partners in the battle, to be more proactive and think of solid activities to end youngster marriage in the nation.
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