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West Africa’s Child Protection Laws Under Scrutiny as ECOWAS Lawmakers Confront ’Implementation Failure’

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Michael Olugbode in Abuja



A growing disconnect between policy promises and real-life protection for vulnerable children has come under sharp scrutiny as lawmakers across West Africa begin high-level deliberations in Freetown.



The ECOWAS Parliament on Wednesday opened a five-day Joint Committee Meeting aimed at tackling what officials increasingly describe as an “implementation crisis” in child protection systems across the region.



While West African governments have, over the years, ado

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