In Abeokuta, men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, arrested no fewer than 5 secondary colleges students at M.K.O. Abiola Stadium, the venue of the Children’s Day Celebration, for being in possession of charms and intoxicated drinks.
The arrest came when Governor Ibikunle Amosun had warned students to shun any anti-social activities however to be upright in all their undertakings.
Amosun, whereas addressing the scholars, admonished them to start the writing of their own history, so their tomorrow may be asured.
He said: “As leaders of tomorrow, you want to try to be upright in all of your undertakings. you must cultivate the virtues of discipline, decency, seriousness of purpose, focus, and respect for constituted authority and appreciation of dignity of labour.”
Also, Governor Olusegun Mimiko said one in all the notable achievements of his government is that the enthronement of peace and order within the state beneath that the kids is trained to actualise their potentials.
Speaking at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Arcade, Akure, venue of the celebration, Gov. Mimiko said, “children of Ondo State are being exposed to a culture of peace, security, healthy, trendy and clean atmosphere as against the atmosphere of insecurity, intolerance and violence of the age passed by.”
During the Children’s Day parade and rally at the Police school Parade Ground, GRA, Ikeja, the Lagos State Government announced the introduction of inclusive colleges for the physically- challenged students within the state that is geared toward reducing the quantity of out-of-school-children and additionally giving them a way of belonging.
Gov. Babatunde Fashola: “There are thirty one of such inclusive colleges carved out of existing colleges within the state and youngsters ought to be their brother’s keepers by serving to the physically- challenged in their colleges.”
Meantime, the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, has flagged off the registration of compulsory free nursery/universal basic education for the 2012/13 faculty year.
Pointing out that the exercise can facilitate scale back the quantity of OOSC within the state, SUBEB Board Secretary, Mrs. Titi Oluseye, said plans had been concluded to introduce the free mid-day meals thus on keep registered kids in colleges.
