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UNICEF Commends Nigeria’s Joint Taskforce For Releasing 2000 Children Recruited To Fight Insurgency

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The United Nation’s Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has commended Nigeria’s Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) for releasing more than 2,000 children from its ranks recruited as soldiers to fight insurgency in the North East region of the country.

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UNICEF commended CJTF in a statement on Monday after it was delisted from the United Nations Secretary-General’s report on Children and Armed Conflict as one of the armed groups recruiting and using children in north-east Nigeria.

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It explained that this move was one step forward for child protection, as children have borne the brunt of the protracted conflict in north-east Nigeria.

“At least 3,500 young children were recruited by parties to the conflict as combatants between 2013 and 2020. Girls and boys have been used as suicide bombers, spies, labourers, cooks, messengers and wives. Girls recruited by armed groups often suffer gender-based violence, including rape.

“Children used as soldiers are at a great risk of death or disability while undergoing armed training and initiation rites, as well as during combat. They are forced to witness or participate in tortures and killings, triggering lifelong physical and mental health challenges.

“Many of the children are now enrolled in school and provided with psychosocial support by UNICEF.

“Similarly, they are denied access to education, nutrition and conducive living conditions, among other grave violations of their rights,” the statement read.

Phuong Nguyen, UNICEF Chief of Maiduguri Field Office said, “This is a welcome development for the children of Nigeria, But we must remember that this is the first step in a long journey.

“I urge the leadership of the CJTF to establish child protection units across its offices to prevent future recruitment and use of children and consistently model its agreement to not use children for any kind of role.

“Recruiting children into armed groups steals their innocence and the protection they need. We should not forget deploying children as soldiers imperils peace and perpetuates the cycle of generational violence.

“I call on other armed groups and parties to the conflict to immediately stop the recruitment of children and safely reintegrate them with their families and communities, where they belong”.

In his latest report released this year, UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres credited the delisting to a significant reduction in the number of children recruited into the ranks of the CJTF and the armed group’s commitment to the implementation of an Action Plan it signed with the United Nations Country Task Force on Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) in 2017 to stop the recruitment and use of children.

Formed in 2013 with the stated aim of supporting efforts of the Nigerian military to protect communities from Boko Haram attacks, the CJTF expanded in size and influence in the region.  At the height of its operations in 2016, the group was listed in the annexes of the Secretary- General’s Annual Report for Children and Armed Conflict for the recruitment and use of children.

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