To Mrs.Chinwe Madu, some of the abused children are products of poverty as no normal woman will like to see her child suffer. In her words, “there is no way a woman will suffer for 9 months, give birth only to subject the child to suffering. It is not done’’. But in this case, the children need to help their parents to take care of some of the family needs though it is not their civil responsibility to do to. But as a child, it would be unfair for you to sit and watch your parents suffer so much when you know you can be of help to them. I think this is one of the reasons why there is a higher rate of child abuse now in the country, especially in big cities like Lagos and Ibadan”, she said. Chinwe then narrates an ugly experience she finds difficult to forget. The sad incident happened where she resides here in Lagos. To her, if Bose(deceased) had the premonition that living her aged mother back in Togo to live with her divorced aunt here in Lagos, Nigeria will bring her shame, she would have stayed behind. Bose, 12, left her widow mother back in Togo for Lagos to acquire a sound education. But instead of her to be enrolled into a school, she was forced to take up the role of the bread winner which subjected her to several abuses. She woke up every day by 5 am, goes out to hustle and returns in the evening to provide for her aunt and three children. rainbirdfoundation.org/take-stand-end-child-abuse
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