Child Labour And Family Livelihood, A Case Study Of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State

ABSTRACT

The study examines child labour and family livelihood in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti

State, Nigeria. In the process of sampling techniques, purposive and snowballing

non-random sampling teclu1iques were adopted. Using the Statistical Package for

Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the information collected from 150 participants

through questionnaire, while scheduled interview was conducted to gain

information from 8 parents that have children that engage in income generating

activities in their custody, the information was processed analyzed through

frequency distribution, chi-square and content analysis. The result of the findings

shows that most of the respondents attained only secondary school, findings also

revealed that those children under study engages in hard labour like Mechanic,

Tailoring, Join man Laborer, Palm/Kerosene seller etc. Result also apparent that

most of the children under investigation contribute to their parents/guidance

economic by supporting the family financially and in supporting family business.

The findings also indicate that poverty is the major cause of child labour,

while the male children are the most victim of child labour. However, some

children are forced to child labour while others are ignorant of their situation as

children who are exploited in supporting the family economy, which is child

abuse. Thus, the immediate action against child labour is needed in the study area

in order to curb this menace of child labour. In addition, Ekiti state government

should support the NGOs and international organization in eradicating child

labour in Ekiti state.

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