FOIA Sensitize Pupils On Abuse

                    FOIA Sensitize Pupils On Abuse

REPORTER: AYEYEMI AYOMIKUN
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Freedom of Information Vanguard (FOIA) Osogbo on Thursday 23rd May, 2019 sensitised pupils of Rehoboth Nursery and Primary School Osogbo on FOIA and other issues that affects children such as drug abuse, child abuse and hygiene.

Daniel Patience, a memeber of the CDS, addressing the students stated that child abuse can come as physical, sexual, emotional and medical abuse which includes striking, kicking, raping and choking a child and may result to injuries, brain damage, bruises or broken bones.

She stated further that rejecting, ignoring, shaming, humiliating or isolating a child affects his/her emotions negatively which deters their speech abilities, delay their mental and social development and may as well lead to health problem.

Also addressing the pupils, Bright Eberechuku, a member of the group added that a paedophile is someone who is sexually attracted to children. He pointed out the signs of a person who is a paedophile to the pupils stating that anyone can be a Paedophile. "Whenever an adult starts to call you my wife or my husband, that’s a sign of paedophile, all you need to do is to tell him or her what your name is so he/she will stop calling you that" He said.

Bright urged the pupils  to speak out  to the closest adult next to them which is their parents or teachers.
The sensitization ended with one-on-one counselling sessions with the pupils as some were able to open up to them and issues were channelled to the authorities of the school.

NEWS EDITED BY: OYEWOLE FATIMOH .S
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