CRC/C/NGA/CO/3-4 (e) Consider the recommendations by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to review and amend the State party’s abortion laws (CEDAW/C/NGA/C/06, para. 34). Mental health 63. The Committee is concerned at the lack of information on the mental health and emotional well-being of children and adolescents and appreciates the frank acknowledgement made by the State party during the constructive dialogue that efforts need to be made in this area. 64. The Committee recommends that the State party undertake a comprehensive study on the mental health of children and adolescents and develop a strategy on the mental health of children and adolescents which is adequately resourced. Harmful traditional practices 65. The Committee expresses serious concern about the extremely high prevalence of early marriages among girls in the northern states and its impact on their enjoyment of other human rights, especially the right to education. In this context, the Committee notes with appreciation the adoption by some states of laws prohibiting the withdrawal of girls from school because of marriage. While noting the multidisciplinary approach adopted by the State party to raise awareness and promote attitudinal change with respect to female genital mutilation (FGM), and that cutting tattoos or marks and female genital mutilation are made punishable offences in the Child Rights Act, the Committee is concerned about the high percentage of women who have undergone female genital mutilation. The Committee regrets the lack of up-to-date information on measures taken by the State party to prevent and eliminate harmful traditional practices, including progress in the implementation of its earlier recommendations (CRC/C/15/Add.257, paras. 54-58). 66. The Committee urges the State party, as a matter of priority: (a) To take prompt measures to address the practice of early marriages in the northern states; (b) To undertake sensitization programs on the prohibition of early marriages in the Child Rights Act and ensure that state legislation incorporates such prohibition of all children under the age of 18; (c) To develop and undertake comprehensive awareness-raising programs on the negative implications of early marriage for the girl child’s rights to health, education and development, targeting in particular traditional and religious leaders, parents and state parliamentarians, and the prohibition by law of withdrawal of children from school because of marriage; (d) To eliminate FGM and other harmful traditional practices, including by enacting legislation to prohibit FGM and to conduct awareness raising programmes for, and involving, parents, women and girls, heads of families, religious leaders and traditional dignitaries. Children accused of witchcraft 67. The Committee notes with appreciation the measures taken by the State party to address the phenomenon of children accused of witchcraft, including the passing of state legislation prohibiting such practice in Akwa Ibom State, the arrest and prosecution of offenders, ongoing awareness-raising and rehabilitation programmes, and successful family reunification projects. The Committee nevertheless remains extremely concerned at the reportedly widespread practice of the witchcraft stigmatization of children in the State party 16