…Victoria Okoloagu of the National Museum, Lagos, said…over 200,000 children from West and Central Africa are being sold into slavery yearly. She added that forced labour and other types of modern slavery are being practised in the regions…[Okoloagu] also said: “In 2008 there were 215 million children working illegally. In the eyes of international law, almost 14 per cent of all the world’s children under 18 are working…The most horrifying aspect of child labour is prostitution...slavery...”…Despite the adoption of the Child’s Right Act of 2003...modern slavery as it affects the child still thrives in Nigeria...According to her, these children are mainly engaged...in semi process as apprentice mechanics/vulcanisers...iron/metal workers...[Okoloagu] indentified poverty as the major factor responsible for child labour on the continent…