Rights Advocates in Ogun State have emphasized the need for Nigerians to rise to the challenge of tackling the rising waves of juvenile violence in the country as the international community marks this year’s Anti-Corruption Day.
They made the call in Abeokuta at a sensitization programme put together by a nongovernmental organization, the Right Thinkers Global Initiative, also known as Eagle Ping.
Speakers at the event, including the Deputy Controller, Nigerian Correctional Services, Ogun State, Mr. Shuaib Ayodeji urged parents and guardians to accord priority to the responsibility of instilling proper values and moral education in their children.
Mr. Ayodeji who maintained that it was dangerous to keep paying lip service to the rate of juvenile violence in schools across the country, said there was the need for parents to spend quality time with their children and educate them on the consequences of taking to violence.
Another resource person, Mrs. Wunmi Asogbon who also blamed the recent trend on the failure of parents to sustain regular interactions with the children, equally advised the students to desist from acts that could put their future in jeopardy.
The initiator of the programme, Mr. Ola-Olamide Emmanuel who linked the incidence of juvenile violence in the country to corruption at various levels stressed the need for the entire community to be proactive in addressing the menace.
Mr. Emmanuel explained that the programme was aimed at sensitizing individual Nigerians to play their roles to combat juvenile violence in the fight against corruption.
Olusegun Folarin
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