Nigeria: Resources

2023

  1. Article

    A Turnaround Journey — From School Dropout to Entrepreneur, Chabala Msukwa's Story of Transformation

    12 September 2023

    Today, Chawala Msukwa operates his own carpentry business, earning approximately K60,000 per month — an income he never could have imagined during his days of picking coffee berries.

  2. Article

    ACCEL Africa: Advancing Responsible Gold Mining for Livelihoods and Rights

    06 June 2023

    The video presents the approaches undertaken by the ACCEL Africa project in Mali, Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire to foster the formalization of the ASGM sector in the three target countries, providing insights from miners, local leaders, Government’s representatives, and private sector on how to promote a more responsible gold mining supply chain towards the elimination of child labour, the respect of human rights and the environment, and the promotion of decent work for all.

  3. Article

    Quitter le site d'extraction d'or et retourner à l'école : Éliminer le travail des enfants au Nigeria

    02 June 2023

    Dans le petit village de Kuchiko, le projet ILO ACCEL Africa aide des jeunes filles comme Maimunat à retourner à l'école et à poursuivre leurs rêves. Le projet aide également des parents comme Haruna Koko à gagner un revenu et à réduire le besoin de recourir au travail des enfants.

  4. Article

    Leaving the gold mining site and going back to school: Eliminating child labour in Nigeria

    02 June 2023

    In the small village of Kuchiko, the ILO ACCEL Africa project is helping young girls like Maimunat go back to school and pursue their dreams. The project is also supporting parents like Haruna Koko to earn an income and reduce the need to resort to child labour.

  5. News

    Breaking the Cycle of Child Labour: ILO-ACCEL Africa Project Renovates School and Enrolls 110 Children at Risk of Child Labour in Nigeria's Oke Agunla Community

    13 March 2023

    With the renovation of six classrooms and eight toilet facilities in the school premises, the Head Teacher of the school disclosed that the enrolment figure of the school has already increased.

2022

  1. Produce Responsibly, ILO Urges Businesses in Nigeria as NECA Launches Child Labour Guidance Tool

    Photo-ILO and NECA Launch Child Labour Guidance Tool for Businesses in Nigeria

    03 November 2022

    The newly launched Child Labour Guidance Tool for Businesses in Nigeria is an addition to concerted efforts by the ILO, tripartite and social partners through the Dutch Government funded ACCEL Africa Project, to improve and enforce legal structures, while providing innovative and evidence based solutions to address the root causes of child labour in supply chains.

  2. Produce Responsibly, ILO Urges Businesses in Nigeria as NECA Launches Child Labour Guidance Tool

    Photo-‘Collaboration is Nigeria’s Competitive Advantage over Child Labour’ - ECOWAS

    03 November 2022

    Following the submission of the Nigeria Government by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2021, the ECOWAS Commission is evaluating Nigeria's response to the global child labour crisis, with a view to sharing knowledge and implementing best practices to eliminate the scourge as required by Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7.

  3. News

    ‘Collaboration is Nigeria’s Competitive Advantage over Child Labour’ - ECOWAS

    03 November 2022

    Following the submission of the Nigeria Government by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in 2021, the ECOWAS Commission is evaluating Nigeria's response to the global child labour crisis, with a view to sharing knowledge and implementing best practices to eliminate the scourge as required by Sustainable Development Goal Target 8.7.

  4. Produce Responsibly, ILO Urges Businesses in Nigeria as NECA Launches Child Labour Guidance Tool

    ILO and NECA Launch Child Labour Guidance Tool for Businesses in Nigeria

    03 November 2022

    The newly launched Child Labour Guidance Tool for Businesses in Nigeria is an addition to concerted efforts by the ILO, tripartite and social partners through the Dutch Government funded ACCEL Africa Project, to improve and enforce legal structures, while providing innovative and evidence based solutions to address the root causes of child labour in supply chains.

  5. News

    ILO Empowers 431 Trainees in Ondo and Osun States and hands over Renovated School to Community

    09 September 2022

    To sustain its interventions on the elimination of child labour, the ACCEL Africa Project in Nigeria has provided training, classroom renovation and livelihood support to parents, guardians, and children within the legal working age in Project communities within Ondo and Osun States.