Between January 2024 and January 2025, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) recorded 86,633 violations of children’s rights nationwide, its latest dashboard data reveal. Offences logged at the Commission’s 38 offices and via its Human Rights Observatory include: Child labor, sexual abuse, trafficking and abandonment, denial of schooling, homicide, assault, torture and other violence, harmful traditional practices and abductions.
NHRC Executive Secretary Dr Anthony Ojukwu attributed the sharp rise in reported cases to heightened public awareness and easier complaint procedures, noting that “with every passing month, citizens better understand when a child’s rights are breached and are increasingly willing to seek redress through the Commission.”