TURNING CHILD RIGHTS FROM DREAM TO REALITY IN NIGERIA: FINDING FUND THROUGH NIGERIAN CHILDREN TRUST FUND ACT (NCTFA) MODEL

Abstract

Child’s Rights Act was signed into law by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.  The Act since then has been passed into law by several State Houses of Assembly with the jurisdiction of the Act now limited to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.  The Act ensures a host of legal rights to children in Nigeria. Some of these rights necessarily require the government to only protect and respect them while the others require the government to ensure them5.  In addition, the Act created a host institution that will facilitate the enjoyment of the rights in the Act.  Ensuring some of the rights in the Act as well as the establishment and sustenance of the institutions in support of the rights in the Act all need substantial amount of money to establish and sustain.