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ABSTRACT
This research analyses the menace of child trafficking and abuse in Nigeria. The Nigerian society. It also examined the effectiveness of the legal framework available for combating child trafficking and abuse in Nigeria. The study adopts the doctrinal research methodology. The research finds that child trafficking and abuse are caused by poverty, perversion of cultural traditions, lack of information, divorce and lack of attention to children, high profit and a weak enforcement of legal framework on child trafficking and abuse. It further reveals that the Federal Government has responded to promote the eradication of child trafficking and abuse from Nigerian society. The research identifies some problems militating against the effective enforcement of these laws which include porous border; law enforcement agencies/agents are insufficiently trained and equipped to respond adequately to the complex nature of child trafficking and abuse; victims are not adequately catered for, and traffickers and abusers are not adequately prosecuted. The research recommends that Nigeria should effectively implement all of the ratified international laws and regulations, in order to provide an environment conducive to the elimination of child abuse and trafficking in Nigeria. The study concludes that there is a need to guarantee concrete investments to improve the plight of the average Nigerian child.
