A child protection specialist with the UnitedNations Children’s Fund UNICEF, Sharon Oladiji, has said atleast 12 northernstates in Nigeria are yet to pass the Child Rights Law despite its obviousbenefits for children, Speaking during a two-day media dialogue on theConvention on the Rights of the Child, CRC at 30, Oladiji said many of suchstates believe some sections of the child rights law need to be amended as itnegates their belief and cultural practice. The states are Bauchi, Yobe, Kano, Sokoto, Adamawa,Borno, Zamfara, Gombe, Katsina, Kebbi, Jigawa and Kaduna. The dialogue was organised by the Child RightsInformation Bureau of the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture, in collaborationwith UNICEF.CRC was adopted on November 20th, 1989 by the UNGeneral Assembly, and was ratified by 194 state parties, except Somalia