Niger rescues 19 children from illegal mining sites, parents face ₦5m bonds

The Niger State Child Rights Protection Agency, NSCRA, has rescued 19 children recovered mining astatine a tract astir the MI Wushishi Housing Estate, with the youngest estimated to beryllium astir 8 years old.

The Director-General of the agency, Hajiya Ummul Mohammed, disclosed this successful an interrogation with journalists successful Minna, saying the children were recovered engaging successful mining activities contempt the dangers associated with the work.

According to her, the bureau traced the parents of the affected children and required them to motion ₦5 cardinal bonds each arsenic a deterrent against allowing the children to instrumentality to the mining sites.

Mohammed said the involution was portion of the agency’s efforts to support children from hazardous labour, exploitation and different forms of abuse.

She warned parents against exposing their children to unsafe moving environments, stressing that parental poorness oregon inability to supply for children should not pb to their vulnerability to activities susceptible of endangering their lives.

The NSCRA brag said the bureau would proceed to intervene wherever children are recovered successful hazardous environments and called for greater vigilance from parents, assemblage leaders and different stakeholders.

She besides appealed for stronger collaboration among g...