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The federal government is implementing theNational Economic Empowerment andDevelopment Strategy (NEEDS) as Nigeria’s planfor overcoming poverty and generating nationalwealth and employment. NEEDS has fourelements; re-orientating values, reducing poverty,creating wealth and generating employment. It

also sets out public reforms necessary to achievethis and the support required from the internationalcommunity. Each of the 36 state governments andthe Federal Capital Territory has also producedtheir own corresponding action plans, calledSEEDS.

PROFILE OFNIGERIA

Nigeria is Africa’s most populated countryand with an estimated 130 million inhabitants, one in every five Africans is a

Nigerian. The country has a federal system ofadministration, with a Federal Capital Territory(FCT), 36 States and 774 Local GovernmentAreas. The capital of Nigeria is Abuja,geographically located in the centre of the countrycalled the ‘centre of unity’. Nigeria is home tofour large ethnic groups: Fulani, Hausa, Igbo andYoruba and there are as many as 350 languagesspoken across the country.

The 2006 United Nations Human DevelopmentIndex puts Nigeria at 159 out of 177 countries,with 70.8 per cent of the population living on lessthan one dollar a day and 92.4 per cent on lessthan two dollars a day (Human DevelopmentReport, 2006). Despite being rich in naturalresources, the economy can not yet meet thebasic needs of the people due to the enormousand growing population. The revenues madefrom oil provide the largest source of income forNigeria, with other areas of the economy indecline, such as agriculture, palm oil productionand coconut processing. Long periods of politicalinstability and the various military regimes inpower for forty years until 1999, did not makesufficient investments in the country’sinfrastructure and basic services.

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Basic Indicators:

INDICATOR VALUE YEARUnder five mortality rate 194/1000 2005Infant mortality rate (under 1year) 100/1000 2005Annual no. of births 5,377,000 2005Annual no. of under-five deaths 1,043,000 2005Children orphaned (0-17 yrs) estimated 8,600,000 2005

Life expectancy at birth 44 2005Total adult literacy rate (Source: SOWC 2006) 67% 2000-04Net primary school attendance - male 66% 1996-2005Net primary school attendance - female 58% 1996-2005Net secondary school attendance ratio - male 38% 2000-05Net secondary school attendance ratio - female 33% 2000-05

Percentage of population using improved drinking water sources 48% 2004Percentage of population using adequate sanitation facilities 44% 2004Percentage of under-fives sleeping under a treated mosquito net (ITN) 6% 1999-2005

Estimated Adult HIV prevalence rate (15+ years) Source: Federal Ministry of Health 4.4% 2005Estimated number of children living with HIV (0-14 years) 240,000 2005Children (0-17 yrs) orphaned by AIDS 930,000 2005

SOURCE: UNICEF State of the World’s Children Report, 2007

Unless stated otherwise, all figures quoted in this document are taken from the State of the World’s Children Report 2007

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The United Nations Children’s Fund(UNICEF) has had a base in Nigeriasince 1953, working with the government

and other partners to address the rights ofNigerian children. Today, the country programmeis present in all 36 states and the Federal CapitalTerritory in the areas of health and nutrition, basiceducation, water and sanitation, protection andplanning and communication issues. All theprogrammes are represented in at least threeLocal Government Areas (LGAs) in every state.

UNICEF provides technical guidance to theGovernment of Nigeria at its three levels ofadministration on the development and provisionof services for children and on adoptingappropriate policy and legal measures to ensurethe fulfilment of child rights. UNICEF implementsprojects in partnership with the government andnon-governmental organisations, all of whichinclude complementary social mobilisation andcommunity-based communication activities.

Health and Nutrition

The Survival and Early Child Care programmeaddresses the survival rights of children fromconception to five years of age, with the aim ofreducing under-five mortality rates by 20 per centby 2007. High levels of child mortality and

component aims to improve the schoolenvironment as well as the style and quality ofteaching in schools. Emphasis is also placed onincreasing access and achievement for girls inschool, especially in the north of Nigeria. Closelylinked with the education programme is theprovision of water and proper sanitation facilitiesin schools, to improve child health and toencourage girls to continue their education.

The net primary school attendance ratios inNigeria are 66 per cent for boys and 58 per centfor girls. These figures mask the regionalvariations. The net attendance ratios forsecondary education are 38 for boys and 33 forgirls respectively.

The Basic Education projects are:· Formal Education· Non-formal Education

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene programmeaims to create 8800 safe water sources by theend of 2007, including 1200 sources in schoolsand learning areas. The programme combinesthe installation of new water points with theupgrading and renovation of existing facilities.UNICEF supports the installation of sanitaryfacilities in communities and schools and theprogramme will have benefited at least 4000communities by the end of 2007. Hygieneeducation in schools and in communities is alsoan important component of this programme. Waterand hygienic sanitation not only ensure optimalchild health and survival but also provide a majorboost to school attendance rates – especially forgirls. Providing safe water sources is vital for

UNICEF NIGERIA COUNTRYPROGRAMME 2002-2007

morbidity in Nigeria can be prevented withsimple, affordable measures such asimmunisation, micronutrient supplementation,exclusive breastfeeding and improved nutritionalpractices, the use of insecticide-treated bed netsand the prevention of HIV transmission fromparent to child.

Currently, only 13 per cent of children aged 12months are considered fully immunised againstthe major childhood diseases (2003 CoverageSurvey) and only six per cent of children under-five sleep under an insecticide treated bed net toprotect them against Malaria.

Survival and Early Child Care comprises thefollowing projects:

· Maternal, Infant and Under-five MortalityReduction (including Malaria)

· Vaccine Preventable Diseases· HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care (PMTCT

and paediatric care)· Nutrition and Early Child Care

Basic Education

UNICEF’s Basic Education programme aims tocontribute to at least a 20 per cent improvement innet primary school enrolment, retention andattainment rates. The child-friendly schools

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community development as a whole, shorteningthe amount of time that women spend walkingevery day to fetch and carry water.

On average, only 48 per cent of the totalpopulation of Nigeria has access to an improvedwater supply. Only 44 per cent of the populationuses adequate sanitary facilities. In some schoolsin Nigeria, as many as 500 children have beenfound sharing one latrine.

The Water, Sanitation and Hygiene projects are:· Water Supply· Environmental Sanitation

Protection and Participation

Child protection and participation programmesinclude both advocacy and technical support tothe government in order to ensure Nigeria meetsthe obligations of the Convention on the Rights ofthe Child. An important achievement was theadoption of the Child Rights Act in 2003 at thefederal level. Today, UNICEF Nigeria encouragesall 36 states to pass the Child Rights Act in orderto address the situations of trafficked children,child labourers and orphaned and vulnerablechildren. UNICEF also collaborates with theNational Youth Service Corps, training youngpeople as peer educators to inform and spreadmessages on HIV/AIDS prevention.

On average, only 30 per cent of children under-five have their births registered in Nigeria.UNICEF estimates that eight million children areat risk of being trafficked or exploited for labour.The HIV prevalence rate is 4.4 per cent (FederalMinistry of Health, 2006), with only 18.3 per cent

of adolescents aged 15-24 having correctknowledge about HIV transmision (National HIV/AIDS & Reproductive Health Survey, 2003).

The Protection and Participation projects are:· Rights, Legislation and Special Protection· Adolescent Health, Participation and

Gender Empowerment

Planning and Communication

Planning and communication is a broadprogramme that supports the differentprogramme areas with surveys and evaluationsto monitor basic indicators. The Multiple IndicatorCluster Survey (MICS) is used by UNICEFglobally to measure changes in the situation ofchildren and women. UNICEF also advises thegovernment on preparing and responding topotential emergencies.

All programme areas include communitycommunication, education and social mobilisationelements, including awareness raisingcampaigns. For these activities, informationmaterials such as leaflets, brochures, calendarsand charts are produced to promote messages.UNICEF also establishes partnerships withnational electronic and print media to educate thepublic on children’s rights. Regular information onUNICEF programmes is shared through pressevents, workshops and information materials.

The Planning and Communication projects are:· Social Statistics, Policy Analysis and

Development· Communication and Alliance Building· Emergency Preparedness and Response

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mothers, which is not enough to service aprojected population of about 32.4 millionfemales aged 15-49 in 2006.(National and StatePopulation Projections, 2002).

UNICEF’s PMTCT programme in Nigeria

supports health facilities and hospitals to runvoluntary counselling and testing facilities forpregnant women. It is generously supported bythe Governments of Canada, The Netherlands,and the Italian National Committee for UNICEF.

Uloma’s demeanour and physical appearance do not betray any worry; she soundscheerful and appears quite comfortable

with her surroundings. At 28 years old, Uloma isalready a mother to three children, the youngestis three years old. Providing for her children is abig challenge to Uloma, since she lost herhusband.

Uloma was seven months pregnant with her thirdchild when she was diagnosed as being HIVpositive. The world seemed to come to an end.But she found support and counselling at theUNICEF supported HIV/AIDS unit of the RiversState Ministry of Health. She learned how toprevent the transmission of the virus to her babyduring pregnancy. Thanks to this, her baby,Uchechi, was born HIV negative. Today, Uloma isable to spend time in her tailoring shop andlooking after all of her children.

Many more mothers like Uloma urgently requireaccess to counselling and testing facilities inNigeria. Today, less than one per cent of pregnantHIV positive women receive anti-retroviral drugs toprevent the transmission of the virus to theirbabies. An estimated ninety per cent of HIV positivechildren under 15 are infected by their mothers.Therefore, testing and counselling facilities such asthose supported by UNICEF in Rivers State couldform the first line of defence in the prevention ofHIV in children. At present there are over 200facilities providing services for the prevention ofmother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) for Nigerian

A HEALTHYSTART TO LIFE

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Saddened by the uncertain future of hisbeloved Aliyu, his youngest son, who wasrecently crippled by polio, Muhammed,

was solemn when he spoke about how polioaffected his family.

The proud father of six children, Muhammed,lives in Birnin-Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital andholds two jobs in order to support his family. Heworks as a farmer and at night he is a securitywatchman for a government office. But as fatewould have it, he is now burdened with a problemfor his life-time, as his youngest son is a victim ofPolio.

“In my family, nobody has ever had this type ofcalamity before and right now, I am worriedbecause I don’t know how long it would take myson to walk,” he laments. Then he explains howhe came to observe that there was somethingwrong with Aliyu. “He is the last of my sixchildren and I was worried when he was almosttwo years old and he did not start walking with hismates”, he recalls. “Those who were born withhim at the same period have started coming toour compound to play with him, but he hardlystands up to play with them. Around the end oflast year, I noticed that his right leg is not asactive because if we stood him up, he was betterbalanced on the left leg than the right.”

Muhammed did not seek medical adviceimmediately because Aliyu’s right leg was not

smaller than the left leg. So, during one of thePolio immunisation rounds, he brought his sonout for the officials to examine him. It wasconfirmed that the little child was alreadysuffering from Polio and that the paralysis wasirreversible. There is no treatment for it.

Health workers explained to him and all the familymembers that the only way of protecting childrenfrom Polio was the immunisation of all childrenbelow five years of age. “This problem with myson was due to negligence”, says Muhammed. “Ialways told my wife to present our children to theimmunisation people anytime they declared theseimmunisation days. But she did not present himduring the last round because so many otherpeople rejected too. Now, all our neighbours havelearnt from our bitter experience and they noweven go out in search of the officials so as to avoidhaving a crippled child in their families.”

“Our problem was because we were not edu-cated to know the implications of avoiding theimmunization”, he adds. “My plan for Aliyu is to doall in my capacity to give him education, so thathe will not repeat this mistake in future when heis old enough to head a family. If I educate him,he would make me proud in future.”

Muhammed is also ready to support the efforts ofhealth workers during the immunization rounds. “IfI need take my son along with me to convince

people, I can do it because I want to help and puta stop to this problem that is crippling our children.“In fact, take it from me that I want to fight polio forthe rest of my active life.”

UNICEF’s Immunisation Plus programme inNigeria supports the National Programme onImmunisation to deliver routine immunisationservices and to eradicate vaccine preventablediseases. Through the Immunisation Plus Days,children are vaccinated against all diseasesincluding Polio and they receive other healthservices such as Vitamin A, micronutrients andbed nets for malaria prevention.

UNICEF’s immunisation programme isgenerously funded by the Governments ofCanada, France, Japan, The Netherlands andNorway, CDC, Rotary International, UNFoundation and UNICEF National Committees ofGermany, Iceland, Sweden, Switzerland and the

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A SECOND CHANCE FOR IYESHA

Iyesha is 15 years old and still in primary sixat Mayaki Girls’ Islamiya Primary School, inthe Kazaure Local Government Area, Jigawa

State. In most parts of the world girls ofIyesha’s age are already in secondary school.However, like many girls in Northern Nigeria,Iyesha had to drop out of school for three yearsbecause her parents thought that if she contin-ued her education she would not agree tomarry at an early age.

Thankfully, Iyesha is back in school with the firmbacking of her parents, thanks to the Girls’Education Project, GEP, which has embarkedon a mass awareness-raising campaign toencourage parents to send their girls and boysto school. Iyesha is now striving hard tocompensate for lost ground and time. “I want toproceed to secondary school and from there tothe university and become a medical doctor,”she says.

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Pupils of Mayaki Girls Islamiya School, Kazaure

Iyesha’s story shows how GEP is having asignificant impact on girls’ education in Nigeria.In the past, a girl who dropped out of school, forwhatever reason, would not have had a secondchance for an education.

Launched in December 2004 by UNICEF incollaboration with the Federal Government ofNigeria and the UK Department forInternational Development (DFID), GEP aims toeliminate gender disparities in schoolenrolment, retention and completion, all ofwhich tend to favour of boys in the northernstates. GEP is supporting girls’ education inJigawa and five other states in the norththrough activities, including dialogue with stategovernors and policy makers, traditional andreligious leaders and the provision ofrecreational facilities, books, furniture, safewater and separate toilets for girls and boys inthe focus schools. The project provides supportto both formal and non-formal educationincluding Islamiyah classes where appropriate,and adult education classes, especially for girlsand women.

To ensure that more girls benefit, GEP supportsbetter policy and planning in education, as wellas the training of school based managementcommittees and teachers to improve the qualityof teaching and learning in the schools. Suchtraining will ensure that Iyesha- and others likeher - receive a quality basic education.

UNICEF’s Basic Education programme isgenerously funded by the DFID and the MTNNigeria Foundation.

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Fati is 15 years old and lives in Eyingi, aremote village in Niger State.Three times a day, she used to fetch water

for her family from the pond because theborehole built in her village did not produceenough water. During the dry season, thecommunity had to dig the earth to find their water.

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Three years ago, some people in her village wereaffected by the Guinea Worm disease. But thanksto UNICEF support, Fati has learnt to filter thewater in order to avoid infection. A lot ofawareness-raising and education work has beendone by the village-based health worker, trainedby UNICEF and the Niger State Ministry of

WATER FOR COMMUNITIES

Health. No further cases were reported inEyingi’s village. A new borehole recently built withUNICEF support provides the village with alarger, safe water supply. “I want my people to behealthy”, says Musa Mohammad, the villagehead. “Water is important for my community.”

In Nigeria today, only 31 per cent of thepopulation living in rural areas has access toimproved water sources, while access toimproved sanitation facilities is only 36 per cent.This situation contributes to high morbidity andmortality among children. In schools, the lack ofwater and sanitation is a hindrance to girls’enrolment and pupil’s learning suffers. In someprimary schools, 500 pupils have been found toshare one toilet.

Since 2002, UNICEF has been addressing thissituation by creating about 4,000 new safe waterresources across the country in collaboration withthe Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agencies,providing water for more than one million people.In addition, training in hygiene practices forteachers and education staff has improved healthin primary schools and in communities. Morethan 200 school environmental clubs have beencreated across the country.

UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and HygieneProgramme is generously supported by DFID,European Commission, The NetherlandsGovernment, US Fund for UNICEF, and UnileverNigeria.

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SARAH’SNIGHTMARE

Sarah and eight other Nigerian girls wererescued and repatriated from a life ofsexual slavery in Burkina Faso. For

protection they were taken to a shelter in Lagos,run by the National Agency for the Prohibition ofTraffic in Persons, NAPTIP. None of the girlsknow when they will regain a ‘normal’ life or re-join their families. Sarah wanted to run awayfrom the desperate life she was living. Shewanted to go to America. It was her friend, Mary,who first heard about a smart business man who‘placed girls and boys in good jobs abroad’. They

were told that rich families were looking forhousekeepers. They did not have to payanything in advance, everything would bearranged; passport, visa, all the paperwork. Theywould even be given a few dollars as pocket-money until they started their jobs and were ableto begin repaying the debt in small instalments.

After travelling for four days, they ended up inBurkina Faso where they were sold to MadamFranca and forced to work long shifts in herbrothel. In order to pay for food, the use of thebrothel room, transportation, and to payback the‘loan’ to Madam, each girl needed to sleep withas many as 20 men every day. The girls werebeaten and mistreated.

Sarah is happy to be back in Nigeria, eventhough she is poorer than when she left.

UNICEF provided food, toiletries, a change ofclothes as well as medical supplies for the tiny in-house clinic at the NAPTIP centre. Despite allthese efforts Sarah and the other girls are certainto face many difficulties once they leave thecentre. The ghosts that drove them to prostitutionwould still be waiting for them in their village. Ajuju (Voodoo) princess who swore them tosecrecy about their situation still lives in theirstate. It is not clear whether they will be able tofind decent jobs or even whether theircommunities would accept them back.

Each year, thousands of children are trafficked inand out of Nigeria. To combat this crime, theTrafficking in Persons Prohibition andAdministration Act was passed in 2003 andestablished NAPTIP. The Agency has already

made a difference, opening shelters for rescuedor repatriated children, raising public awareness,facilitating the rescue of victims, arrest,investigation and prosecution of the traffickers.

With UNICEF support, an anti-trafficking networkhas been set up in the most affected states.Unfortunately, rehabilitation centres for rescuedvictims of trafficking activities, are still limited andfew. With time, it is hoped that young girls such asSarah will be much more aware of the danger ofthis “work opportunity abroad” thanks to a publicawareness campaign by local NGOs and with theincreasing involvement of the media.

UNICEF’s Protection and Participationprogramme in Nigeria is generously supported bythe Governments of Canada, The Netherlands,Sweden, and the UK National Committee forUNICEF.

Opposite page: UNICEF Goodwill AmbassadorNina Ruge, takes part in a role play session onHIV/AIDS with the National Youth Service Corps.

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the HIV virus. They also need clean drinkingwater and adequate nutrition to keep themstrong.

3. Prevent infection among adolescents andyoung people – young people are the future andthey need the facts about HIV transmission andknow how to prevent it.

4. Protection and care for orphans andvulnerable children – the most vulnerablechildren need access to basic services such aseducation and health care. They also need to livein a supportive environment that will address thetrauma they have faced.

Children and HIV/AIDS in Nigeria

In Nigeria, there are more than 3.5 million peopleliving with HIV, making it the third largest popula-tion of HIV positive people in the world. More thanhalf of the people living with HIV are women andthe most affected are children and young people.

By 2005, 4.4 per cent of the population was HIVpositive. The epidemic is present in the generalpopulation. Nigeria needs to continue to providefacilities and services in order to prevent anincrease in transmission.

Nigeria has an estimated eight million orphans ofwhich 930,000 are orphaned by AIDS. Childrenare made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS if they have anailing parent, are in poor households that havetaken in orphans, face discrimination because of

a family member’s HIV status or if they areinfected with the HIV virus.

In Nigeria, an estimated 90 per cent of HIVpositive children under the age of 15 have beeninfected by their mothers. Many women do notknow their status and most do not receive thetreatment needed to prevent transmission of thevirus to their babies.

As of April 2006, 60,000 Nigerians were receivingAnti-retroviral Therapy in order to prevent theprogression of full-blown AIDS. And yet, no oneknows exactly how many children are HIVpositive and whether they have access to thetreatment they need.

On average 1,000 people are newly infected withthe HIV virus every single day. Many do not havethe knowledge of how to prevent infection or donot have the skills to protect themselves.

In Nigeria, on average 800 people die from AIDSevery single day. More treatment needs to bemade available to keep families, parents andchildren together.

UNICEF Nigeria support projects in all four areashighlighted by the campaign.

Every organisation and every person has a roleto play in preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Thecampaign website has information on how to getinvolved.www.unicef.org/uniteforchildren

UNICEF and UNAIDS jointly launched the Unitefor Children, Unite against AIDS campaign inOctober 2005, in order to ensure that all childreninfected or affected by HIV/AIDS will get the careand support they need and that their needs aregiven priority in combating HIV/AIDS. This globalcampaign by UNICEF and partners, features fourareas requiring urgent action to make a realdifference to the lives of children affected by AIDS.

1. Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission ofHIV – appropriate services need to be in place forwomen to know their status and to prevent thetransmission of the virus to their children.

2. Provide Paediatric Treatment – anti-retrovialdrugs need to be available to children living with

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NWANKWO KANU, UNICEFAMBASSADOR FORNIGERIAN CHILDREN

In June 2005, Nwankwo Kanu, the famous

Nigerian football star, became a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. The twice winner of theAfrican Footballer of the Year award said that hewas delighted at the opportunity to contribute tothe improvement of the situation for children inNigeria. “I have already been working to helpchildren with heart problems through the KanuHeart Foundation”, he commented. “As a Good-will Ambassador, I have the opportunity to workon broader issues that affect many Nigerianchildren”.

In October the same year, Nwankwo Kanusupported the launch of the campaign Unite forChildren, Unite against AIDS by recording andappearing in a special video message. Kanu alsocalled for the Nigerian public to reach out tochildren affected by HIV and AIDs in an addresshe made to the crowd packed into the nationalstadium, just minutes before the Nigerian nationalteam played the World Cup qualifying matchagainst Zimbabwe. Kanu’s speech was broad-casted on two giant electronic boards and wasgiven a standing ovation by the crowd just as herejoined his team mates to start the match.

Goodwill Ambassadors work extremely hard forUNICEF, fitting in field trips and attending UNICEFevents in their already hectic schedules. TheAmbassadors raise the profile of UNICEF’s workto new audiences all over the world and helpUNICEF to bring about change to help children. Nwankwo Kanu visits Enugu University Teaching Hospital to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment work in action

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OUR PARTNERSFederal Government Ministries- Agriculture and Rural Development- Education- Finance and Economic Development- Health- Information and National Orientation- Inter-governmental Affairs, Youth

Development and Special Duties- Water Resources and Rural Development- Women Affairs

International Donors andDevelopment Agencies- African Development Bank- All UN Agencies- Canadian International Development Agency

(CIDA)- Centre for Disease Control (CDC)- Department for International Development

(DFID)- European Commission- Global Alliance for Vaccines and

Immunisation (GAVI)- Global HIV/AIDS Initiative Nigeria (GHAIN)- Government of France- Government of Japan- Government of the Netherlands- Government of Norway- Japan International Co-operation Agency

(JICA)- The Micronutrient Initiative (Canada)- Rotary International- Swedish International Development Agency

(SIDA)

- United Nations Foundation- United Nations Human Security Trust Fund- United States Agency for International

Development (USAID)- World Bank

Non-governmental ProgrammePartners- Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria- Bar Association of Nigeria- Care for Life- Global 2000- Guild of Editors- Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria

(HERFON)- Inter-Gender, Jos- National Council for Women Society

(NCWS)- National Center for Women Development- Nigeria Medical Association- Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN)- Rotary National Polio Plus Committee- WaterAid Nigeria- Women Trafficking and Child Labour Eradi-

cation Foundation (WOTCLEF)

Other Government Partners- Economic Policy Co-ordinating Committee

(EPCC)- National Action Committee on AIDS (NACA)- National Agency for Food & Drug Administra-

tion & Control (NAFDAC)- National Agency for the Prohibition of

Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP)- National Bureau of Statistics- National Commission for Mass Literacy

(Adult and Non-Formal Education)

- National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)- National Orientation Agency- National Planning Commission (NPC)- National Primary Education Commission

(NPEC)- National Primary Health Care Development

Agency- National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)- National Population Commission- National Programme on Immunization (NPI)- National Water Research Institute (NWRI)- Nigerian Police -Trafficking Department- Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency- Standards Organisation of Nigeria- Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB)

Private Sector in Nigeria- Binatone- Coca-Cola Africa Foundation (TCCAF)- DHL- Le Meridien Hotel, Abuja- MTN Nigeria Foundation- Murphy Shipping Ltd- Sheraton Hotels (Lagos & Abuja)- Unilever Nigeria Ltd- United Bank of Africa (UBA)- V-mobile Foundation

UNICEF National Committees- Germany- Iceland- Italy- Japan- Sweden- Switzerland- United Kingdom- United States of America