Proliferation of Street Children in Nigeria

Aransiola, Joshua Oyeniyi; Bamiwuye, Olusina; Akinyemi, Akanni Ibukun; Ikuteyijo, Lanre

doi:10.1177/1468017309342539

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“…Despite all these efforts, the problem of street children seems unabated while it is becoming a permanent feature of the Nigerian societies. While efforts have been made to assess the challenges leading to increase in the number of street children (Aransiola, Bamiwuye, Akinyemi, & Ikuteyijo, 2009;Fitzgibbon, 2003), the coping strategies of the children on the streets (Aransiola & Agunbiade, 2009;Malindi & Theron, 2010;Mizen & Ofosu-Kusi, 2010;Oduro, 2012), the network of supports from street children's perspectives in Nigeria (Aransiola & Agunbiade, 2009;Faloore, 2009) and the attitudes of these children to the supports available for them (Aransiola & Akinyemi, 2010), there has not been any effort to assess the problems and limitations confronting the stakeholders in providing supports for the children. Therefore the focus of this article is to assess the problems and limitations confronting the stakeholders in providing adequate, attractive and sustainable supports to the children with a view to identify workable and sustainable policy options.…”

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Providing Sustainable Supports for Street Children in Nigeria:Stakeholders Challenges and the Policy Options Available

Aransiola¹

2013

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This article examines the limitations of all stakeholders in providing support for street children in Nigeria in the face of continuous increase in their number with a view to identify possible policy options in the light of inabilities of the stakeholders to adequately support the children. Qualitative research techniques were employed to collect the primary data from NGOs, community members and government agencies saddled with the responsibility of caring for the children. It was found that the stakeholders are incapable of addressing the problems of street children due to inadequate skills, lack of necessary facilities and stakeholders working in parallels among others. It emphasizes the need for collaboration among stakeholders to enjoy the benefit of synergy while there is also need to embark on capacity development for all the stakeholders in order to make meaningful progress and the situation of the street children improved in the country.

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Providing Sustainable Supports for Street Children in Nigeria:Stakeholders Challenges and the Policy Options Available

Aransiola¹

2013

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“…Expectedly, recent reports suggest that the burden of children and adolescents coming or at risk of coming in contact with the social-welfare and juvenile justice systems in Nigeria is rising [9]. There are also reports that the streets of Nigeria are being inundated daily with hordes of different categories of neglected children and adolescents [24,25] who are potential entrants into the juvenile justice system. Just like in many countries of sub-Sahara Africa, there is a lack of clear distinction between the criminal and social welfare aspects of childcare services in Nigeria.…”

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Different Points of a Continuum? Cross Sectional Comparison of the Current and Pre-contact Psychosocial Problems among the Different Categories of Adolescents in Institutional Care in Nigeria

Atilola

2012

BMC Public Health

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BackgroundThe combination of adverse social indicators and a predominantly youthful population puts Nigeria, and indeed many countries of sub-Sahara Africa, at the risk of explosion in the number of youth coming in contact with the juvenile justice system. Despite this risk, custodial childcare systems in the region are still poorly developed with both juvenile offenders and neglected adolescents coming in contact with the systems being kept in the same incarcerating facility. The needs of these different groups of adolescents may be different. Knowing their common and unique needs can inform common prevention strategies and ensure that specific service-needs of different categories of adolescents in institutional custody are met.MethodsData on the family background, pre-contact social circumstance, neurological and anthropometric profiles, and certain aspects of mental health of adolescents drawn from two juvenile justice institutions in Nigeria were obtained. The results for the adolescents on ‘criminal code’ and those admitted as a case of child neglect were compared using chi-square and odd ratios.ResultsParticipants were 211 adolescents comprising of 158 on ‘criminal code’ and 53 declared as ‘neglected’. A lot of similarities were found. For instance, the prevalence of parental separation, family transition, experience of street-life and lifetime exposure to traumatic events and posttraumatic stress was equally high among the two groups of adolescents. The adolescents on ‘criminal code’ however had significantly higher prevalence of conduct and alcohol/substance use disorders while the child neglect group had poorer anthropometric profiles and higher prevalence of neurological disorders.ConclusionsChild neglect and juvenile delinquency in Nigeria may truly be different points of a continuum. There are however fundamental differences that can warrant specific prevention strategies and tailor-made service provision while in custodial care.

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“…Nigeria domesticated the provisions of the CRC by promulgating the Child Rights Act (CRA) in 2003 (Aransiola et al, 2009), which 26 of the 36 Nigerian states have domesticated (Nzarga, 2016). As noted by the Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC, 2013) of England and Wales, the CRA supersedes all other legislations connected to the rights of the child in Nigeria.…”

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“…It adds that the "Nigerian child has been mostly ignored by the family, society and government" (NHRC, n.d.). There are organizations charged with children's rights in the country, such as the Social Welfare Department and others (see Oyeniyi et al, 2009). There are programs designed by the government for street children that are meant to be executed by the Social Welfare Department but these programs are not adequately executed (Aransiola et al, 2009).…”

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"Child Witches": Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Homeless Girls in South-Southern Nigeria

Agazue¹

2021

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Sexual exploitation and abuse of girls is one of the endemic social problems in Nigeria. Although this problem has attracted much research attention in recent times, some newly emerged factors contributing to the problem have been mostly ignored. This study explored how the abandonment of children following their stigmatization as witches contributes to sexual exploitation and abuse of the girls in the Akwa Ibom and Cross River states of Nigeria. The study was based on the qualitative research paradigm. Data was collected via semi-structured interviews of three senior staff members of the Child’s Rights and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN)—a children’s charity that manages a shelter for children abandoned as witches. Thematic analysis was conducted and five principal themes were developed from the data, which are (1) vulnerable to statutory rape; (2) living with sexual addiction; (3) targeted for human trafficking; (4) vulnerable to infections and pregnancy; and (5) exposed to intergenerational abuse. Theme (1) is concerned with how the girls are frequently raped by different groups of men due to the girls’ presence on the street. Theme (2) shows how the girls struggle with sexual addiction following frequent exposure to sexual activities since the early years of their lives. Theme (3) details how human traffickers target the girls for the sex trade, labor and other purposes. Theme (4) shows how the girls struggle with sexually transmitted infections and sometimes, pregnancy. Theme (5) details how the stigmatization and the consequent abuse of the stigmatized girls on the street also extend to their children, who are automatically regarded as the children of witches. Recommendations were made on how to address this social problem.

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Proliferation of Street Children in Nigeria

Cited by 14 publications

References 2 publications

Providing Sustainable Supports for Street Children in Nigeria:Stakeholders Challenges and the Policy Options Available

Providing Sustainable Supports for Street Children in Nigeria:Stakeholders Challenges and the Policy Options Available

Different Points of a Continuum? Cross Sectional Comparison of the Current and Pre-contact Psychosocial Problems among the Different Categories of Adolescents in Institutional Care in Nigeria

"Child Witches": Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Homeless Girls in South-Southern Nigeria

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