Women society urges parents to pay more attention to proper upbringing of wards
Women society urges parents to pay more attention to proper upbringing of wards
The Chairperson of Standup for Women Society (SWS), in Kebbi state, Hajiya Khadijat Saidu, has urged parents to pay more attention to the proper upbringing of their children.
Saidu,stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Friday in commemoration of the International Children’s Day, 2021.
According to her, the International children’s day was established in 1954 by the United Nations to offer an opportunity to promote and celebrate children’s rights that will build a better world for Children.
“The theme for this year’s celebration is,” Investing in our future , which means investing in our children” goes along way to show that we have a critical and sensitive role to play to ensure that we train our children properly and imbibe good manners in them so that they become role models in future.”
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She explained that every child has the right to good health, education and protection,stressing that every society has a stake in expanding children’s opportunities in life.
“Unfortunately , even around the world, millions of children are denied a fair chance as poverty affects children disproportionately.
” It is worth nothing that the state of the world children report by UNICEF shows that around the world, one out of five children lives in extreme poverty, living on less than US$1.90 a day.
“Their families struggle to afford the basic health care among other issues while insurgency, banditry and insecurity is adding more to their challenges.
“Standup Women Society is calling on all stakeholders to look into the issues of children because they are the leaders of tomorrow,” the chairperson said.
Women society urges parents to pay more attention to proper upbringing of wards