{"id":10199,"date":"2016-07-19T19:20:46","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T19:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10199"},"modified":"2016-07-19T19:20:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T19:20:46","slug":"why-violators-of-childrens-rights-should-be-prosecuted-omori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=10199","title":{"rendered":"Why violators of Children&#8217;s Rights should be prosecuted &#8211; Omori"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Buhari.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10057\" src=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Buhari-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"Buhari\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Buhari-300x164.jpg 300w, http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Buhari.jpg 304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Vitalis Ugoh, Calabar:<\/p>\n<p>The three tiers of government have been advised to prosecute violators of Children&#8217;s rights in the country so as to serve as deterant to parents \/guidance throughout the country.<\/p>\n<p>The advice was made by the Principal of Community Secondary school,\u00a0 Ikot Ewa in Akpabuyo local government area of Cross River state, Mrs. Aruk Omori at the celebration of the Day of the African Child.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=9443&amp;ad_type=59&amp;rl=180\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>She frowned that violators of the children&#8217;s Rights were always set free by the authorities without meting adequate punishments on them.<\/p>\n<p>This ugly development, she said was not encouraging as those parents \/guidance would return to their wicked acts as soon as they were let out of the hook.<\/p>\n<p>She regretted the increasing spare of violence against children in our society noting that &#8220;unless parents \/guidance receive commensurate\u00a0 punishment this unwholesome acts would not stop&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to her &#8220;some children are subjected to all forms of discrimination such as early marriage, rape, hawking and battering each day&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them, she said we&#8217;re denied of the opportunity of going to go to school\u00a0 but would prefer to give the girls child out for early marriages while in some cases their uncles and step fathers engage them into raping.<\/p>\n<p>Omori said that she had received several reports from the community concerning violation of the Children&#8217;s rights.\u00a0 Most parents\/guidance still believe that their wards must hawk in the morning before going to school.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly too,\u00a0 she added,\u00a0 &#8220;we record low turn out of students on Mondays and Fridays which is the market days in this community&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>She said that the community has the highest cases of early pregnancies in the state a situation that is very worrisome. The girl child is the most vulnerable in this circumstances. However, as teachers, we have occasionally invited parents of victims and talk to them to allow those who are still interested in going back to school to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Omori applauded the child right act and called on all stakeholders to work very hard to stop this menace in our society. The children are future leaders of <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_604771698\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In his paper entitled &#8220;Conflict and crisis: Protecting all children&#8217;s Rights, representative of the commissioner for education, Pastor Oja U.\u00a0 Amang, said &#8220;2016 marks the 40th anniversary of the Soweto uprising in South Africa\u00a0 to protest against the violation of Child Rights&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He said during the protest, there was police brutality and killings of many of the pupils and students. This attracted a global condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, to immortalize this day,\u00a0 the Organization of African Unity (OAU) adopted <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_604771699\"><span class=\"aQJ\">16th of June<\/span><\/span> every\u00a0 year to remember the uprising and celebrate the rights of the African Child.<\/p>\n<p>Amang said &#8220;unfortunately in many conflict and crisis women and children are the hardest hit segment of the society because of their vulnerability, helpless exposure to imminent dangers, consequent upon this ugly development, at the end of the Second World War,the United Nations established the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to cater for women and children in conflict situations&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He sighted situations where the rights of the children have been violated such Boko Haram insurgence, child trafficking. conscription of children into wars, physical and emotional violence and the modern internet mental and moral attacks amongst\u00a0 others.<\/p>\n<p>Amang condemned violation of Children&#8217;s rights by some parents and called for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to stem the increasing spate in our society.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing his views on the child right act,\u00a0 master Okon Ekpo Asuquo in SS2 from Government Technical College, enjoined parents\/guidance to stop dehumanizing children.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, he said, parents should encourage their children to go to school as they the future leaders of <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_604771700\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Asuquo vowed not to engage in any form of violation against children now that he is aware of its negative consequences. &#8220;When I grow up and have my own family, I will endeavor to send my children to school. Education is development&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Master Oval-Odam Obeten\u00a0 of Presbyterian primary school,\u00a0 condemned all forms of child right abuses such as rape,\u00a0 hawking and maltreatment by some parents.<\/p>\n<p>He called the authorities to punish parents who indulge in this &#8220;wicked &#8221; acts for others to stop it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>For Ms. Oyo Helen\u00a0 Effiom of the Community Secondary school, described parents who discourages their children from going to school as primitive. Educating a girl child is like educating the entire nation, she added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As future leaders of <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_604771701\"><span class=\"aQJ\">tomorrow<\/span><\/span>, if the children donot gain access to education, then there will be nothing like future for them&#8221;, she added .<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the compound teacher of Community Secondary school, Mr.\u00a0 Edwin Akomaye, described the event as historic.<\/p>\n<p>He said that it is compulsory to introduce discipline in school but not to the detriment of the pupils and students.<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" async=\"\"><\/script><br \/>\n <!-- www.deltanewsroom.com --><br \/>\n <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Vitalis Ugoh, Calabar: The three tiers of government have been advised to prosecute violators of Children&#8217;s rights in the country so as to serve as deterant to parents \/guidance throughout the country. 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