The girl child
The Nigerian girl, a vuluerable individual, is widely exposed to a range of abuses and harmful traditional practices in the society especially in the northern region.
Girls in Northern Nigeria suffer more compared to boys in terms of missing out in education, abuses and harmful traditional practices. A report shows that in the North East only 41 percent of eligible girls receive primary education while 47 percent receive it in the North West which is greatly caused by society attitude.
A plight is unfortunate situation, danger, risk,peril faced by a young female human. The girl child has suffered a lot in the society due to the circumstances that surrounds the gender. A national survey was carried out and it was discovered that six out of 10 girls child reported having suffered one or more forms of violence before reaching 18 years of age, with 70 percent of those experiencing multiple incidents of violence from their parent, guidances and housemate.
Nigeria has the lastest number of child brides in Africa. Approximately 23million girls and women were married as children. Insecurity in Northern NIgeria also contributes significantly with millions displaced by Boko Haram and bandit in some part of Borno, yobe, adamawa, zafara and sokoto state.
GIRL CHILD PLIGHT
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