Worried by the spate of child abuse now rampant in the society, a coalition of friends and supporters of Alhaji Yusuf Kamorudeen, Personal Assistant on Special Duties to His Excellency President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under the aegis of Kamosky Loyalists have been organising a series of workshops and sensitisation programmes for teenagers and caregivers alike.
One of such series held on Monday in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, Ogun state, where subject matter experts in child psychology, behavioral change communication, and other faith-based leaders offered useful insights on how to stem the ugly tide of child abuse and other related offences.
One of the lead speakers, Princess Feyikemi Banuso, who spoke on the different levels of child abuse which could take the form of bully, blackmail, inappropriate touch amongst others, however impressed on the teenagers on the need to speak out when faced with any of such threats.
According to her, “Around here victims of child abuse, molestation including rape face stigma and shame hence many suffer in silence. But we are saying that such a culture of silence would not help the situation but rather would aggravate things. This is why we are carrying out this sensitisation and awareness programme to educate our boy and girl child.
“All we are saying is that you must not tolerate abuse of any kind both from strangers and even from people close to you. You must learn to always speak out because if you don’t speak out you are indirectly empowering your abusers. So you must learn to speak out,” she stressed.
Other speakers also gave career pep talks thus encouraging the teenagers to aspire to become responsible citizens and prepare to contribute their own quota to the development of the society.
The highpoint of the occasion was the donation of stationery to participants at the palace of the Olota of Ota, Oba Professor Adeyemi Abdulkabir Obalanlege
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