Children’s Day Celebrations: NANTs Woman Leader Calls for Collective Efforts in Children’s Upbringing

Paschal Emeka, Abuja | Posted May 30, 2024

The Woman Leader, Abuja the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, National Association of Nigerian Traders (NANTs), Amb (Mrs) Rachael Adewumi has called for collective efforts in children’s upbringing, educationally and otherwise in the country.

She noted that sound and proper children’s upbringing and education, would not only give the country better leaders in the future, but make Nigeria a country that would compete favourably in every aspects of endeavor at the international community.

The woman leader made the appeal, while marking this year’s children’s day celebration, in her office in Abuja.

Children’s Day is marked on the 27th of May in Nigeria, and this year’s theme is, “Protecting the Nigerian Child from the Dangers of Online Technology,”

The theme according to one of the sponsors, in FCT, Abuja, is a topic for essay competition for both secondary and primary school children, across the country and sponsored by, a software company, the SystemSpec Limited
in Abuja, as its Corporate Social Responsibility, with different prizes.

According to the sponsors, the essay will explore the students’ awareness of the vast opportunities for value and wealth creation, while also discussing the challenges digitization can bring.

Participating students will be challenged to discuss ways to keep themselves safe from digital threats.

Commending the SystemSpec for the good gestures, of sponsoring the essay competitions for school children across the country, Dr Rachael Adewumi therefore appealed to private and public companies, private and public organisations and corporate bodies to emulate the SystemSpec in encouraging children’s education through essay competitions.

She opined that should others emulate the sponsors of the essay competitions, the children and the country’s future will be very bright.

Based on the way the computer software company plans the essay completion, she continued, the children of the poor and the rich, will have equal opportunity to benefit from the competition, reiterating that such initiative will go a long way to not only encourage education, but also give the country the desired leaders everyone has been yearning for.

She said that on her own little way, her Non Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Takem Empowerment Initiatives, has over the time been training and empowering graduates.

According to her, she picks them from the streets, train them in different skill acquisitions and give them starter packs, which according to her has gone a long way for some of them.

While commending the Tinubu’s administration for its achievements in the education sector within one year in office, the woman leader charged those in authority to do more in the area of children’s education.

She noted that investing in children’s education, according to her, is the most important of all investments.

She observed that should education be made affordable and qualitative, the sky would be the country’s limits in the nearest future.

On the side of the parents, she beckoned them to join hands in giving their children sound education.