Leadership (Abuja)
20 November 2008
The Chairman of Ikot Abasi Local Government Area, Dr. John Ekott has reaffirmed his administration's commitment to encourage various programmes that will discourage youths from participating in cult activities among other vices in the area. Dr John Ekott stated this while declaring open a one day seminar on Cultist, impact on the Nigerian Youths and the society, organised by the council authorities in conjunction with the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs.
He said his administration was not only proud to be associated with such programmes, but basically would not relent in its obligation to support programmes of moral formation on youths since they constitute a major group of future leaders.
The council chairman who was represented by the supervisor for education, Mr Friday Ekanem, noted that the cult phenomenon that threatened the future of the youths and the nation needed a collective sensitisation of the youths on ways of refraining from such act.
Dr Ekott who commended the state governor, Chief Godswill Akpabio, for having the interest of the youths at heart, towards character moulding equally thanked the state commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs for the lectures on the disastrous effect of practising cultism.
He commended principals of schools in Ikot Abasi for appreciating such bold step taken by the state government to eradicate cultism in the institutions and for sending their students to participate in the seminar.
Presenting a paper on the Anatomy of Cultist, Impact on the Nigerian Youths and the Civil Society, Dr Olufemi Michael of the University of Ibadan, spoke on the effect of cultism on the youths and the fundamental role of parents in character moulding.
He charged parents to always inculcate religious values into their children with the fear of God, as well as paying an unscheduled visit to their children while in schools.
Describing cultism as poisonous which must be outrightly avoided, Dr Michael drew the attention of the participating students to the disastrous effect and charged them to avoid bad company.
Be the first to Write a Comment!
Copyright © 2008 Leadership. All rights reserved. Distributed by AllAfrica Global Media (allAfrica.com). To contact the copyright holder directly for corrections — or for permission to republish or make other authorized use of this material, click here.
AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica.
