Faith Oneshiorona MOSES

The development of children and youth is an integral concern for the future of any society, and street hawking especially by girls has been a common thing in most parts of developing world. It is a common phenomenon in Nigeria today which appear to be prevalent in the urban areas. Hawking is a form of trade in which the seller carries goods from one place to another in search of prospective buyers. Child-Street hawking refers to the selling of goods carried out by a person below the age of eighteen (child-street hawker). According to Anyanwu, 2017), Street hawking refers to a wandering like movement in which an individual carries his or her goods with a tray on the head or by means of transportation such as wheel barrow, bicycle or trolley in search of customers. This is usually accompanied by at least one form of advertisement - shouting the name of the item on sale, using bell or special mannerism to attract the attention or interest of the
public. It is a trading activity characterized by movement across street in residential
areas in which the hawker aims at selling his goods to any interested buyer. Ezenwa
(2011) opines that an adolescent street hawker is a person under the age of 15 years
who hawks goods and renders services on the commercial road or street.