The Effect Of Poverty On The Nigeria Child: An Examination Of Ikkpoba –okha Local Government Area

THE EFFECT OF POVERTY ON THE NIGERIA CHILD: AN EXAMINATION OF IKPOBA –OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREACHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDYChild poverty refers to the phenomenon of children living in poverty. This applies to children that come from poor families or orphans being raised with the minimum acceptable standards of living for the nation where that child lives are used to be poor. In developing countries these standard are lower and when combined with the increased number of orphans the effects are more extreme.The legal definition of children in most countri…