Participants at the National launch of this year's State of the World's Children Report have advocated for allocation of 26 percent of the nation,s annual budget for implementation of children related programmes as recommended by the United Nations
The stake holders said less than the current 7 percent budget for Education by federal and state governments is not acceptable
The was contained in a communique issued at the end of the round table conference held in Abuja after the launch of the report
The conference organised by the federal ministry of women affairs in collaboration with the UNICEF
urged all tiers of Government to develop the rural areas of the country to curb the unprecedented urban migration and congestion of the urban areas
The participant also called on governments to domesticate the Child Right Convention and universal ratification of Child Rights Act in all states of the federation, adding that Government should curb the issues of urbanisation and their impacts on children as well as Support for families to provide for child development and education
Correspondent Sam Ogbeifun reports that the 2012 State of World's Children reports focus attention on the crisis of urbanization and its impacts on children living in the cities
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