Public Spaces and Concentrations of Child Labourers in Ibadan Municipality, Nigeria

Taiwo, Amos Oluwole; Badiora, Adewumi Israel; Adebara, Temitope Muyiwa

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“…It is imperative to mention that, as in other Nigerian cities, street children tend to have interrelationship with urban physical environment in Ibadan. That is to say, while street children, due to waste generation and indiscriminate disposal of same, obstruction of traffic flow and creation of ugly urban scene, constitute environmental nuisance, they are equally attracted by certain urban social, economic and environmental characteristics which provide convenient abode or suitable locations for them to operate (Taiwo et al, 2021). The environmental impacts of street children are restricted to the ugly and unmanageability site of the spatial units, while the proclivity to engage in criminal and nefarious activities constitutes the social implications of street children in Nigerian cities.…”

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Effects of Open Space Characteristics on the Spatial Distribution of Street Children: Experience from Ibadan, Nigeria

Taiwo

Odufuwa

Afon

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Journal of Asian and African Studies

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Against the background of seemingly uncontrollable social menace and environmental nuisance of street children, this study examined the effects of open space characteristics on the spatial distribution of street children in Ibadan, Nigeria. With open space types in the city as spatial units of data collection, enumeration of street children was carried out in each space type within 7 weekdays in the morning, afternoon and evening. Observation was also conducted to know the socio-economic and physical characteristics of the urban environment attracting the children. The study, which employed z-scores to compare the intensity of street children incidence across the spatial units, confirmed that the incidence was a function of the uses to which open space types were put as well as the disorderliness of urban physical environment (indiscriminate parking, formal and informal economic activities, and so on). The most important open space types that attracted street children were markets, mosque premises and junctions. Although, incidence of street children was a daily affair in Ibadan, it was highly pronounced in the evening on Saturday, Friday and Monday. The study recommended development of policy measures for regulating the use of open spaces, and giving adequate planning attention to roundabouts, religious centres (mosques in particular) and markets in urban centres. It also recommended public education and enlightenment programme on the negative effects of street children incidence by all stakeholders, and that the aspect of culture of the people that encourages child begging and alms giving should be discouraged in its entirety.

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Effects of Open Space Characteristics on the Spatial Distribution of Street Children: Experience from Ibadan, Nigeria

Taiwo

Odufuwa

Afon

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“…The proliferation of child hawkers has been observed as a social menace and environmental nuisance plaguing Nigerian urban centres (Abisoye, 2013; Dada, 2013 Taiwo et al, 2021). The phenomenon is yet to receive meaningful attention other than unsustainable forceful evacuation approach adopted sometimes in cities such as Lagos, Port Harcourt and Abuja, among others, to get the children off the streets.…”

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Intra-Urban Distribution of Child Hawking in Southeast Nigeria

Taiwo

2022

Journal of Asian and African Studies

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This article investigated the intra-urban distribution of child hawking in Enugu Municipality, Nigeria. The study first enumerated child hawkers across three residential areas (core, transition and sub-urban) simultaneously on different weekdays and at different locations (activity-nuclei) in Enugu municipality. A questionnaire was then employed to obtain information from 95 incidentally selected child hawkers, comprising 49, 21 and 25, respectively. Information sourced was their socio-economic characteristics and factors influencing their taking to the street to hawk. The data were analysed using percentages, cross tabulation and standard scores. Results showed that 58.9% were males, 53.7% were out-of-school and 47.4% realized ₦501.00–₦1000.00 ($1.4USD–$2.78USD) per day. Factors influencing child hawking, measured through an index tagged ‘Child Hawkers’ Factor Index’ (CHFI) on a 5-point Likert-type scale, showed that poverty was the most prevalent factor in the core, transition and sub-urban areas of the municipality, respectively, with (CHFI = 3.67), (CHFI = 3.64) and (CHFI = 3.37). The study further showed that there was a relationship between child hawking incidence and land use activities. It observed that the core residential area, junction, Motor Park and market land uses were generators of child hawkers. The study suggested effective urban planning and policy measures in addressing the menace of child hawking.

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“… 4 , 5 The 2007 Nigeria Population Reference Bureau (PRB) estimated 15 million street children in the country with the majority as children on the street. 5 A 2021 publication reported 5026 child labourers from a 7-day headcount exercise of children on the streets of Ibadan, Nigeria. 5 The Volunteer Work Africa (VWA), in 2022, estimated 100 000 street children in Lagos, Nigeria, the majority of whom were on the street for reasons of parental poverty, separation or unemployment.…”

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“… 5 A 2021 publication reported 5026 child labourers from a 7-day headcount exercise of children on the streets of Ibadan, Nigeria. 5 The Volunteer Work Africa (VWA), in 2022, estimated 100 000 street children in Lagos, Nigeria, the majority of whom were on the street for reasons of parental poverty, separation or unemployment. 6 Owobu and colleagues, in 2022, reported that 9 out of 10 000 adolescents in Edo State, Nigeria were street children with existing family ties.…”

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Physical, mental and healthcare issues of children on the street of Ibadan, Nigeria

Obimakinde

Shabir

2023

Afr. j. prim. health care fam. med.

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Background: Most street children studied in lower- and middle-income African countries are without family links. However, the majority of street children are children on the street, living with families during the night and spending their day-time on the streets. The health of this majority group is poorly captured in the literature despite the growing epidemic of child streetism.Aim: To explore the health of children on the street of Ibadan using multiple qualitative studies.Setting: A street in each of the five urban local government areas of Ibadan Oyo State, Nigeria.Methods: Participants comprising of children on the street, parental figures, street shop owners and child-welfare officers were purposively selected and interviewed. Interviews were audio recorded, transcribed, and thematically analyzed.Results: Using triangulated data from 53 interviews, the study found that the children on the streets of Ibadan experienced many health challenges. Outstanding are poor carbohydrate-based diet, open defaecation with consequent infections, physical injuries and few deaths from road traffic accidents. Sexual, verbal and substance abuse were common although few children acquired resilience to adversity. The children had poor health-seeking behaviour and resorted to patent medicine dealers or tradomedical practitioners on the streets.Conclusion: This study bridged some gaps in the literature regarding the health of children on the streets in Nigeria. The straddling of children between the family and street has cumulative health consequences as depicted in this study.Contribution: This research can inform family-level intervention and primary health care plans to forestall the health challenges of children on the streets.

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Public Spaces and Concentrations of Child Labourers in Ibadan Municipality, Nigeria

Cited by 6 publications

References 15 publications

Effects of Open Space Characteristics on the Spatial Distribution of Street Children: Experience from Ibadan, Nigeria

Effects of Open Space Characteristics on the Spatial Distribution of Street Children: Experience from Ibadan, Nigeria

Intra-Urban Distribution of Child Hawking in Southeast Nigeria

Physical, mental and healthcare issues of children on the street of Ibadan, Nigeria

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