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the role of Human Rights institutions in the country in addressing the problem
of child abuse.
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types and effects of child abuse on the child, the family and the nation.
The work is meant to draw closer attention on
this increasing scourge and access measures of addressing to preserve the
fundamental human rights of the child as entrenched under the Nigeria Child
Right Act.
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In the study, the researcher defined what child
abuse is; the various forms of child abuse, and also identified some of the
causes and consequences of child abuse as a reflection of the societal problem
and its impact on the life of the child.
The study also evaluated the extent of damages it does to the abused child
and the Nigerian society. In order to gather relevant data and information on
the subject matter, the researcher used the questionnaire as data collection
instrument, which was administered on 200 respondents within the FCT which is
the limit of the scope of the study.
A self constructed questionnaire titled
Child Abuse Questionnaire (CAQ) was administered on the students after
validation. The instrument has construct validity co-efficient of 0.756 and reliability
co-efficient of 0.95. The statistical technique that was used to analyse the
data collected was Chi-Square distribution test. The result of the analysis
showed that there was a significant relationship between poverty and economic
deprivation and child abuse in Nigeria. Also the study revealed that child
abuse is still very prevalent in Nigeria and also that religious and cultural
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12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The result
revealed that the Rights institutions are not doing enough to arrest the
problem of child abuse and that the child right act is not working in Nigeria.
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Child Abuse And Overview of Nigeria’s
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