Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State celebrated the Children’s Day
with the Enugu children in his office assuring them that he would
urgently liaise with the State House of Assembly to ensure that the Child Rights Bill, now
before the legislators, would be passed into law shortly.
The governor was addressing members of Enugu State
Children’s Parliament as well as other school children when they paid
him a courtesy visit at
Government House as part of the Children’s Day Celebration, affirming
that in view of the importance of the bill, his administration would
do what is possible to get the bill passed into law with the urgency
it deserved.
Governor Ugwuanyi informed members of the Parliament who were led by
the state Commissioner for Gender Affairs, Hon Peace Nnaji, and the
Speaker of the Parliament, Winifred Madubuko, that the bill was
almost ready for public hearing and promised to attend the public
hearing session to lend his support for its passage.
He also promised to always stand by the children at all times,
especially in matters concerning their welfare and their future,
saying that the pursuance of the passage of the bill into law would be
his best children’s day gift to Enugu children.
Earlier in her speech, the Speaker noted that the theme of this year’s
Children’s Day celebration is “End Violation Against Children, End
Child Marriage in Africa” and pointed out that the aim of the visit to
the Governor was to solicit his support for the passage of the Child
Right Bill by the House of Assembly.
The bill, she stated, will go a long way towards securing the future
of the average child in the State by righting all the wrongs
perpetrated against children by adults including even some parents.
According to her, the bill will as well protect the girl child from the ills
of early marriage that comes in the form of such diseases as Cervical
Cancer and VVF among others.
