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Technical Cooperation Project Summary

Project Title

Statistical Program for Advocacy on the Elimination of Child Labor and the Protection of Working Children in Nigeria

ILAB Program

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking /Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor (SIMPOC)

Region/Country

AFRICA/Nigeria

Project Duration

July 1999 – November 2003

Fiscal Year & Funding Level

FY1999: $282,613

Problem to be Addressed

The lack of standardized national level data on child labor practices in Nigeria.

Project Objectives

Development Objective: The program will contribute to the generation of reliable data to develop effective interventions against child labor.

  • At the end of the program, quantitative and qualitative data on child labor will have been produced, processed, analyzed and disseminated.

Summary of Activities

Research design: A sample of 30,000 households selected throughout the country, and conducted as part of the General Household Survey of the Federal Office of Statistics.

  • Conduct household survey module to investigate child labor practices in Nigeria through a set of surveys administered to households, employers, and street children;
  • Increase the capacity of the Federal Office of Statistics to collect quantitative information that is critical for planning action against child labor; and
  • Enhance the knowledge of the government and general public about child labor in order to promote a sustainable campaign against the practice.

Partner Organizations

Executing Agency
International Labor Organization’s International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC)

Implementing and Collaborating Agencies
Federal Office of Statistics; Federal Ministry of Employment, Labor, And Productivity (FMELP);
Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Welfare (FMWASW).

Contact Information

Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT)

(202) 693-4843