ABSTRACT
The child abuse menace is as old as the birth of the
first child, until very recently child maltreatment has never been seen as a
social problem. It was falsely assumed that such physical punishments are
supposed to correct had behavior and ensure conformity. But the consequential
distorted personality of the child disproves the assumption. This study aims at
showing that it is only through the care of children will one gain experience
and develops interest in finding out more about the affliction of the Nigerian
child. In addition, the researcher hopes that who are able to read this will
get to know and pray that the past experiences of these silent suffers will
serve to prevent tomorrow’s children from similar fate.
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
It
has been the general assumption that children with reasonable physical care
would grow into normal happy adulthood. But scientific investigations of
psychologists, sociologist and psychiatrists regarding personality development
has uncovered the greater importance of the growing up and its lasting effects
on the total personality of a person. Adult personality has its root in
childhood. What we can do as adult is largely determined by ways in which we
were allowed into experience inevitable events of childhood.
Thus
the aim of this research work is to shed more light on the issue of child abuse
and neglect in Kaduna South Local Government of Kaduna State.
A
child is neglected when he lacks continues physical and emotional contact with
his mother. Children under this category are those may be due to lose of mother
or both parents or the separation of both parents, thus child may be sent to
nursery school or orphanages with many children which makes it difficult for
special individual attention to be rendered to each child. Those children are
therefore brought up by stranger which could be changed at different times due
to the shift of their study.
Child
abuse on the other hand can be defined as the portion of harm to children that
result from human action or in action that is prescribed, proximate and
preventable. The definition recognizes that such harm is no accident but
something perpetrated on children by others, usually intestinally and that the
actors inflicting this harm do not enjoy society approval. It is also point out
that abuse generally come from the child immediate environment and that it is
preventable child neglect is a passive form of maltreatment or abuse UNICEF
(1986).
1.2 HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
Kaduna
South Local Government Area was created on 23rd September 1991 by
the Babangida’s regime. Hitherto it was part and parcel of Kaduna Local
Government. The Local Government Council has its headquarter located at Makera,
comprising of two districts namely: Tudun Wada and Makera, each district headed
by a district head and supported by village and wards councilors, Kaduna South
shares common boundary with Kaduna North to the North West. The two districts
share common boundary with the other districts located in the three local government
area. Kaduna South has a population of 373,576 as per 2006 census.
Education
However,
in the education, the area is having about (29) public schools in which (8)
primary schools and in Tudun Wada and (13) in Makera and five (5) secondary
schools in Tudunwada and three (3) in Makeri.
Furthermore,
the area is having private nursery/primary and secondary schools approximately
one hundred and twenty four (124) i.e. 80 in Tudun Wada and (44) in Makera
district.
Adult
education programmes and constructed apart from the various vocational training
centres, run by various organizations like (YMCA). Apart from Kaduna
Polytechnic as a higher institution of learning. There is a prison school at
Barnawa, Health Institution like the school of Nursing and Midwifery and school
of psychiatric Barnawa.
There
are over fifty (50) large and small scale industries that abound in the local
government and some include, textile, defence corporation, Nigeria Breweries,
Peugeot Automobile, KFCC, fertilizer superphosphate, pharmaceutical company,
blanket industry just to mention a few.
To
boost commercial activities in the local government area and the markets and up
to R. Tourist attractions and hotels, the council has six (6) tourist areas and
about twelve (12) hotels. Kaduna South Local Government areas well connected by
road, bridges and railway line system.
Thus,
the above mentioned geographical, emotional, educational and administrative
features taken together given Kaduna South its unique characteristics. It was
discover that the habitants have little or no knowledge of what child abuse is.
Some
with dishes roaming the street and begging for food and aims for certain
belief. They were also denied educational pursuit and a child right to decide
for themselves what they want to become in future. Without being told, you will
see for yourself how little children hawk around from morning till evening for
financial support, this researcher strongly, belief is one of the causes of
child abuse and neglect because this kind of occupation endangers the child’s
life and expose him to hard situation.
1.3 STATEMENT
OF THE PROBLEM
The
researcher’s concern to delve into the affairs of CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT in
Kaduna South Local Government Area of Kaduna State becomes necessary because
the record available to this researcher shows that since the creation of Kaduna
South from the former Kaduna local government there was not been any necessary
attempt for research work into the activities of child abuse and neglect.
However,
it is widely believed that the good image of any social or community depend
largely on the social background of its children. Therefore, the problem of
child abuse in the local government has been a total neglect in large extent. A
situation brought about probably by the undesirable element in our society
mostly associated with women folk and partly perhaps the government who have
not given enough attention to the ugly situation in the area but rather sitting
on chairs in offices. Based on this, the researcher will seriousness wishes to
know the activities to the authority concerned with the affairs of child abuse,
towards educating the people of the area and of course suggest ways on how to
improve and implements their programme towards making the entire area a
conducive place of living.
1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
The
following are the objectives of the study:
a.
To identify the factors responsible for child neglect
b.
To determine the factors responsible for child neglect
c.
To identify the factors responsible for child abuse
d.
To determine the rating of the factors responsible for
child abuse
1.5 RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
The
following research question guided the study:
a.
The absence of either parent in any family setting can
also perhaps bring about child abuse
b.
Roaming the street and begging for food and aims for certain belief will
equally bring in child abuse
c.
The act of ignorance among the parent will make a child
not go to school but hawk all day and that also brings in child abuse
d.
The occupational pressure of the working parent is also
a contributing factor to child abuse
1.6 SCOPE
OF THE STUDY
The
study is the opportunity to do or achieve something which children are being
abuse of more to say, production of two many children to the wide world and not
taking care of them should be eradicated by family planning to space the
recreation of babies.
However,
the absence of mother in any family setting can also perhaps bring about child
abuse and the study is out in looking for the suitable solution of resolving
it, through the government and the societal people to be aware of the child to
try to come affection, warmth etc.
Finally,
the scope of the study is to improve the standard of living of clued not by seen influence by an absent
of one parent and two much of giving birth of babies.
The
government should Endeavour to encourage agencies to treat such a social ill or
evil in the society.
1.7 SIGNIFICANCE
OF THE STUDY
The
study is an attempt to provide evidence and identify pattern of child abuse and
neglection with a view to offering suggestion and recommendations that will
date the level. This study would be of immense value to parents, counseling
teachers of low level of educational and children. The finding and suggestion
resulting from this study will go along way in helping parent and guidance to
know irritating iterance or actions, it have on youth and children or young
once which can be economically, psychological or society which will enable
parents, adult to adjust in order to ensure smooth development of children. It
will also addressed the practical problem which when left will cut at the very
root of civilized ethics particularly
significant at present a bold attempt to go into an area of scarcity
literature.
1.8 DEFINITION
OF TERMS
Child: Child is defined as a dependent
person in the custody of a parent or guardian for protection of his/her life.
Abuse: Is any deliberate act by a
person: group of person of society designed to inflict on a child or parent
normal, mental physical, emotional and normal development.
Neglect: This usually occurs when
families fail on their own part to provide the necessary need fro their
children such as food, medical care or being deprived of essential need of life
or it is a situation were one show a sign of suffering or lack of care and
attention.
Child care: This is care which is
supposed to be given to children by those who are responsible for looking after
them provide them with child care facilities.
Child Abuse: Those are cruel treatment
of children by adult involving violence or sexual activities which is capable
of affecting physically, mentally and psychologically.
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