Olaleye Aluko, AbujaThe Federal Government has been urged to stop the usage of school-age children who are armed and brought into the Civilian Joint Task Force to fight terrorism in the Northeastern region of the country. An expert in law and Director of Media Law Centre, Richard Akinnola, stated this in Abuja at a training on human rights accountability, noting that the use school-age children for armed conflicts violated the international laws on child protection. “The Federal Government should have a media awareness to dissuade parents and people who surrender their school-age children in armed conflicts. READ ALSO: Musa Asake: Family tells CAN, we don’t need your assistance“You can have children supplying intelligence to security agencies, but they must not be armed. “The adoption of the Conventions on the rights of the children by the United Nations in 1989 formed the fulcrum of the international framework against armed conflicts.

Source: Punch May 26, 2018 13:18 UTC