It goes on to state that the parent or legal guardian is obligated to fulfill the duty to give the child basic protection.
This part also stipulates the type of person who shall be allowed to make such a decision using the guidelines detailed in this section.
[4] Part VI- enumerates the ways and manner in which a court must proceed after a child assessment order is made.
[4] Part VII- allows for the court to use paternity tests in order to make decisions in civil proceedings when it is unclear who the parents of a child are.
[4] Part XIII- creates a system of family courts with two levels, establishes a right to legal counsel for all children, and devises safe guards (such as the withholding of the child's name, school pictures or any identifying features) within a trial which are meant to protect the child.
[4] Part XV- outlines that the instances where a state's government is required to step in to protect the welfare of children.
[4] Part XIX- establishes that a minister may grant the inspection on children's homes for the reasons listed in the clause.
[4] Part XXII- specifies that this act allows for the minister to create specific institutions meant to meet the needs of children.
[4] Part XXIII- creates the National Child Rights Implementation Committee which must consist of one representative from fourteen of Nigeria's government bodies.
The function of the committee is to take actions which will lead to the observance of the act itself as well as other human rights treaties Nigeria has signed onto.
[4] Part XXIV- is labeled as “miscellaneous” and touches on some of the legal implications any corporations may face for not following this act.
[2] The committee listed five top priorities for addressing the needs of children: establishing safe water supply and sanitation, working on the HIV/AIDs epidemic, creating job opportunities for women so they are better able to take care of the children, providing universal basic education, and making the primary health care system better.
[2] Another way in which the Child Rights Act proves difficult to enforce is because it contradicts other national laws.
[9] Lastly, the issue of withholding corporal punishment from children, as brought up in Part XX of the Child Rights Act is thought by some to be not only un-Islamic but also un-African.
As of 2018, the group has gathered over 150,000 signatures for a petition which demands that the government change the age of consent to 18 years old.