throw tantrums for more Salary(14million per month) while the rest of the World's Leaders are slashing
theirs in this Economic recession.I am sure They will wonder whose Day it Really is in this our Naija !
Happy Children's Day ! A mighty shout out to the kids in webogas life : long list Ami,Seyi,Onos,Feks,Bobo,Kari & Yerimas new wife
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To
all the other "kids" Obj,Yerima,Yerima,Ibori,Dimeji,Iwu, turai,aondoakaa,Ibb4president ? he must be
kidding ! etc etc may God open your eyes to the truth of your status and contribution to this great
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In many state capitals, children will take part in parades and listen to top government officials on plans for their welfare. Some public-spirited organizations will host children to lavish parties and, thereafter, the children will go back to their homes to wait for another promise-filled children's Day, next year.
The pattern of celebration of Children's Day over the years has become predictable. The surfeit of effusive promises by government officials on the occasion has become an annual ritual.
For many years, the condition of the Nigerian child has been on a steady decline. All available child statistics point at a growing decline in child welfare. The number of out of school children in Nigeria is worrisome. Child labour, that has been the bane of child development, is not abating. Child trafficking has also continued to flourish.
Our child mortality statistics are frightening. Polio, which has been eliminated in most parts of the world, continues to ravage our children. Child education in Nigeria is in dire straits. Most public schools are dilapidated and lacking in basic educational facilities such as laboratories. Performance of students in public examinations has become scandalous. Poorly paid and ill-motivated teachers, inadequate teaching facilities and increasing disinterest of students in serious academic work, exacerbate the situation.
The grinding poverty in the country, soaring unemployment, poor access to good shelter, and high cost of food all have telling effects on the well- being of Nigerian children. Certainly, Nigeria is not one of the best places to be a child. The Child Rights Act, which Nigeria is a signatory to, continues to be held in disdain in many parts of the country where even some top government officials hold that children have no right to some of the provisions of the law. Many states, especially in Northern Nigeria, have refused to domesticate the law. Some elites in such states flout the law with impunity.
Children's Day celebration should, therefore, not just be a routine celebration. Children are an important segment of the population. They are the future of the country. Nigeria needs to do everything that is necessary to empower them to guarantee a better future for the country.
Our children need to be properly nourished, educated and oriented to ensure that they can face the challenges of today's dynamic and highly competitive world. They need to be taught the virtues of patient study and impeccable morals. Children in Nigeria today are under siege from many distractions. They are, every day, bombarded with get-rich-quick schemes via promotional messages in the media. Nobody is actively engaged in teaching them the virtues of patience and dignity in hard work.
Parents hardly devote the required quality time to their children. They are too busy trying to make a living in the nation's inclement economy. Children need more attention than they are currently receiving in Nigeria. Parents, as the first socializing units for children, should give then the required attention and impart sound moral values to them at an early age. All hands should be on deck to give children a sound education so that they can compete in today's knowledge-driven world.
We need to give them the right value orientation through good examples. All Nigerians have a responsibility to help in the production of well nourished, educated, properly adjusted and well-oriented children.
It is a responsibility that we all owe our nation, because it is to these young ones that we will bequeath our country. We need to ensure that we do our best for them to ensure that they have a bright future.
One way we can do is to first ensure passage of the Child Rights Act in all the states of the federation. It is the major legal instrument through which the lives of children can be improved.
We urge those states that have refused to domesticate the Child Rights Act to have a re-think. Adults should not infringe on the fundamental human rights of children, just because they are weak and vulnerable. Families, schools, religious bodies, non-governmental organizations and the government must join hands to produce physically strong, academically sound, emotionally balanced, and morally upright children.
We congratulate all children on their special day. We urge them to use the occasion to determine to be good children. They should guard against rebellion and eschew negative peer pressure. The challenge before them is to grow up to become responsible adults who will ensure a brighter future for our country.God Bless the future of 9ja !
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