The Committee welcomes the initiatives taken by the State party to reform the laws relating to children in line with the requirements of the Charter, such as Antihuman Trafficking Law. The Committee lauds the legislation by some federal states on the abolition of Harmful Traditional Practices affecting Women and Children and the ratification of the ILO convention on the minimum age of employment. PRINCIPLE AREAS OF CONCERN AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1- While recognising that Nigeria’s federal structure establishes three tied system of governance at the National, State and Local levels, the federal government has the overall responsibility of ensuring full implementation of the Charter in all the States in a coherent manner. The Committee noted that the Child Right Act has domesticated some of the provisions of the Charter as well as the UNCRC. However the Child Right Act is not a Statute of general application throughout the country. Out of the 36 states only 19 have re-enacted the Child Rights Act. The committee calls upon the State party to focus on the remaining states and to report on efforts made and results achieved in the domestication of the charter in its next periodic report. Without a legal framework that defines the rights and obligations towards the well being of the child, enforceability of the rights of the child becomes a challenge. 2- The Committee expresses concern in the contradictions and inconsistencies created by the application of the statute law, policy and customary practices. For instance the Child Right Act and the Constitution clearly define the age of majority as 18 years and entrench the fundamental rights of a child. However there is a rampant early child marriage especially in the rural areas where the median age of marriage for a girl is 15 years. It is noted in the 2003 National health 3