Abstract
The paper examined counseling to safeguard the future of Nigerian child. Based on research and experience, the authors x-rayed the common challenges faced by the Nigerian child to include among others: insecurity, lack of basic needs for life, family crisis, forced labour, forced marriage, child trafficking and lack of quality education, prostitution, hunger and poverty. Also the paper explained the meaning of counseling and counseling services to safeguard the future of the Nigerian child to include, educational, social, economic and technological changes. Counseling to safeguard the right of the Nigerian child against maltreatment like child marriage, force prostitution, child trafficking, force labour, child labour, child abduction and discrimination was discussed. The benefits of counseling to safeguard the future of the Nigerian child that will help to modify problems like restlessness, aggressive behavior, quarreling, truancy, bullying and anxiety were discussed. Conclusion and recommendation was also made