Six in 10 Nigerian children experience some form of abuse – UNICEF
Progress and persistent gaps Ms McCauley acknowledged progress made through government-led and UNICEF-supported interventions in 2025, including strengthening the frontline child protection workforce, expanding community-based protection structures, accelerating birth registration and providing protection services to nearly 120,000 children.
UNICEF Nigeria’s Chief of Child Protection, Natalie McCauley, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday during the Child Protection Mid-Year Review and consultations for the development of UNICEF Nigeria’s 2028–2032 Country Programme.
She noted that while Nigeria has strengthened social welfare and justice services, expanded community protection structures, advanced digital birth registration and developed national plans to end child marriage and violence against children, greater efforts are needed to ensure these translate into quality services across all communities.
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