CHILDREN’S DAY: Spend more time with your children, Buhari tells parents

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, called on parents to monitor the activities of their children by spending more time with them, noting that Parents should ensure that the children keep good company to avoid negative peer pressure.

He also said the Federal Government had concluded arrangements to review the National Drug Control Master Plan of 2015 – 2019 as part of moves to focus on drug control and consumption.

Speaking in Abuja at the event to mark the 2019 Children’s Day Celebration, President Buhari appealed to all ministries, departments, agencies (MDAs), civil society organisations, international partners, religious leaders, traditional rulers,  teachers and most importantly, parents and adolescents themselves to work together to addressing the challenges of drug abuse.

Children’s Day: NUT bemoans worsening state of public primary schools

Today, Nigerian children will join their counterparts across the world to celebrate this year’s Children’s Day. But while their mates in other climes are learning with ease with good facilities, public primary school pupils in the country are learning under very terrible condition in schools that are in state of disrepair.

Investigations carried out by The PUNCH revealed that many of these pupils are learning with difficulty in dilapidated structures and environments that are not suitable for learning.