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  • News - North Central - FCT
  • Updated: October 23, 2022

Stakeholders Advocate Child Protection For National Development

Stakeholders Advocate Child Protection For National Develop

Egbuna Tony-Chukwudile, Precious Ezema

Stakeholders have called for the protection of children against negative vices and education of the right moral value for national development advancement.

They made the demand on Saturday at the National relaunch of the Children Evangelism Ministry (CEM) vision organised by the Children Evangelism Ministry International in Abuja.

President and Founder CEM Egbuna Tony-Chukwudile expressed worry over the continuous challenges of social vices affecting the nation, calling on all stakeholders to join hands towards addressing the menace.

Tony-Chukwudile maintained that the ministry of over 43 years is set at inculcating the right virtues in children that would curtail the spread of negative vices and it's influence on the society.

He disclosed that the ministry has branches in USA, UK, China, Canada,Jamaica Trinidad Gambia, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin Republic and Cameroon to correct the neglect of child evangelism.

"We should do well by these children, raising them up because they will take over from us.

"We are currently being challenged by increase in evil, terrorism, war, economic uncertainty, moral decline, family breakdown and fear.

"If we don't teach these children the word of God and evangelise it to them, the devil will vandalise them," he said.

He, therefore, called on all to ensure children are fully grounded on Biblical teaching to inculcate good morals and values, by extension the nation would benefits from it.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha stressed the need for parents to instill the right values on children.

Represented by Anthony Obiora, Director of Admin OSGF, Mustapha said the event was an opportunity for stakeholders to collaborates towards addressing challenges affecting the nation.

"It is pertinent to say family happens to be the primary institution saddled with a crucial responsibility of providing a much needed leadership in line with the Biblical teaching in training  a child.

"This occasion provides us with yet another opportunity to retrospect as a nation on the importance of children's upbringing.

''To critically upgrade our performance on the journey so far, with the view to collectively decide where we should be in the nearest future, especially taking cognisance of the security challenges at the moment. 

"The significance of our role as parents and guardians to children upbringing vis-a-vis nation building cannot be overemphasized.

"This implies that if we get it right at home, we would have averted the horror of banditry, cultism and general criminality that have bedeviled our social well being as a nation," he said.

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