African Child Day: Amnesty Tells Tinubu To Protect Nigerian Children

Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian government to take urgent and decisive action to protect schoolchildren across the country amid growing concerns over attacks on schools and the abduction of children.
 
 
The rights organisation made the appeal in a statement shared on its official X account on Tuesday to mark the International Day of the African Child.
 
 
Expressing concern over the state of child safety in Nigeria, Amnesty International described empty classroom seats across several states as a painful symbol of children whose education and future have been disrupted by insecurity.
 
 
According to the organisation, children in parts of the country sho...