By Samson Oti,The Nation
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In a bid to combat child abuse and related vices, friends and supporters of Alhaji Yusuf Kamorudeen, Personal Assistant on Special Duties to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under the banner of Kamosky loyalists, have begun a series of workshops and sensitisation programmes for teenagers, teachers, and caregivers.
One of the workshops took place on Monday in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, featuring experts in child psychology, behavioural change communication, and faith-based leaders, who shared practical insights on curbing child abuse.
Lead speaker, Princess Feyikemi Banuso, highlighted the various forms of abuse, including bullying, blackmail, and inappropriate touching, urging teenagers to always speak out when confronted with 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.
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“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.
