According to Premium Times, a group has urged the Nigerian
government to criminalize the failure of parents to enrol their children in
schools.
The charge was given in Abuja by a nongovernmental
organization, Paulash Initiative, during its programme to increase awareness of
the impact of girl child education.
The founder of the group, Folashade Okomayi, said unless the
government makes non-enrollment of school-aged children an offence punishable
by law, Nigeria will not be able to rid itself of out- of-school children.
“I think what the government should do is that when children
are seen hawking; or doing menial jobs during school hours; government should
take them somewhere and trace their parents or wards,” she said.
“If they punish one or two parents under a certain law that
should be enacted for the purpose; others will take caution.”
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