CRC/C/NGA/CO/3-4 (e) To define strategic budgetary lines for disadvantaged or particularly vulnerable children, especially orphans, children in street situations and internally displaced children, and for those situations that may require affirmative social measures (such as birth registration) and make sure that those budgetary lines are protected even in situations of economic crisis, natural disasters or other emergencies; (f) To develop strategic budgetary lines regarding critical social sectors, in particular health and education, for states in the northern geopolitical zones of the State party with a view to address the prevailing disparities in the realization of children’s economic and social rights; (g) To establish a system of monitoring of the allocation and expenditure of federal government funds by local and state governments with a view to strengthen accountability of the latter. Data collection 18. The Committee notes with appreciation the establishment of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and its fully fledged department dealing with statistics on children during the reporting period. It also welcomes the appointment of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) Chair at the University of Lagos and the undertaking of a National Baseline Survey on child protection, including indicators, by the same. The Committee notes however that data on children deprived of a family environment, refugee and internally displaced children, children in conflict with the law, children with disabilities, as well as single-parent families still has to be collected and analysed. 19. The Committee encourages the State party to continue to strengthen its data collection system, including by providing adequate financial and human resources and by fostering close cooperation and collaboration between relevant entities such as the Child Development Department, Child Rights Implementation Committees, the National Bureau of Statistics, the Child Right Information Bureau in the Ministry of Interior (CRC/C/15/Add.257, para. 5), academic institutions and development partners. It recommends the publication of annual reports on the state of children’s rights in the State party and reminds the State party of the Committee’s general comment No. 5 (2003) on general measures of implementation. Dissemination, training and awareness raising 20. While welcoming the efforts by the State party to raise awareness of children’s rights through training and sensitization programmes for critical target groups, the Committee regrets that these are primarily of an ad hoc character. The Committee also regrets the lack of sustained and comprehensive training programmes for key professional groups, including law enforcement officials, members of the judiciary, prison staff, health professionals, social workers, local government administrators and traditional and religious leaders on the Convention and the Child Rights Act. 21. The Committee recommends systematic training on the Convention and the Child Rights Act for all professional groups working with and for children, with priority given to police, judges, prison staff, personnel of child care institutions, including through the necessary revision of training manuals and operative procedures. In this regard, the Committee recommends the wide dissemination of the findings on child protection of the National Baseline Survey for the respective groups as a critical awareness-raising tool on the situation of child rights in the State party. 22. Mindful of the rich linguistic diversity of the State party, the Committee strongly recommends the translation of the Convention and the CRA into languages used in 5

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