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From classroom to construction site: The child labour journey from Benin Republic to Lagos

While many children his age are getting ready for school, 10-year-old Ibukun Oluwa is already at an unfinished building in Ilasamaja, a low-income neighbourhood in Lagos, pushing a shovel through a mixture of sand and cement.

Punch1 source1 min readFiled September 29, 2026

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