Non Governmental Organization set to Stop Child Sexual Exploitation

Jose Foundation is partnering with the ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in curbing children sexual exploitation. Child sexual Exploitation in Nigeria is not something strange. It is rooted in tradition, culture and in some cases, fetish beliefs with children and vulnerable women as victims.

In September 2015 a Survey carried out by the National Population Commission, with support from UNICEF and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found a high prevalence of violence against children in Nigeria.

The population based study further revealed that approximately 6 out of every 10 Nigerian children under the age of 18 years, experience some form of physical, emotional and sexual violence before 18 years of age.

One in two children experience physical violence, one in four girls and one in ten boys experience s3xual violence, and one in six girls and one in five boys experience emotional violence. The majority of children never tell anyone about their experience and less than 5% of children who experience violence ever receive the support they need to recover.

Speaking on the planned workshop, President, Jose Foundation, Prince Martins Abhulimhen told journalists that the time has come for Nigeria to join other nations who are showing commitment to the protection of minors and women from s3xual abuse.

“We have taken responsibility to work with the Nigerian government to tackle CSE and that is why we choose to submit our programme details for government scrutiny and full participation”, he said.

He said Jose Foundation will launch a book on Child Sexual Exploitation which will also be written in three of Nigeria’s major languages and the setting up of a Therapy Centre in Nigeria to be managed by UK experts to train Nigerians on how to handle victims of child sexual exploitation.

Abhulimhen said The book is to act as a day to day guideline that children must read to checkmate any kind of abuse from perpetrators.

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