Abaji chairman advises children to shun vices

Chairman of Abaji Area Council, Alhaji Yahaya Musa Mohammed, Friday called on pupils as well as students in the council to dissociate themselves from any acts of indiscipline.

He said by shunning social vices, they can contribute to building a better society.

Speaking at the children’s day ceremony, representative of the chairman, Mallam Salihu Kakanba, said the council has perfected plans to initiate policies that can improve on the conditions of students as well as protect their rights, adding that they should reciprocate the gesture by studying very hard and shunning negative tendencies at all times.

He said the council will continue to support children to learn in a conducive environment, devoid of discrimination and injustice, noting that this year’s Children Day celebration featured important quiz competition to help students cultivate reading habits.

“The council has already mapped out strategies to give our children adequate educational support because education remains one of the necessary tools for societal development,” he added.

In another development, Editor-in-Chief of the Nigerian Terms Magazine, Mr. Ja’afaru Maitama, conferred an award of excellence to the council’s Chairman, Alhaji Yahaya Musa Mohammed, for his contributions to the provision of infrastructural development in the council.

Responding, the chairman thanked members of the magazine’s editorial board for finding him fit and suitable for the award, assuring that he would work harder to deliver more democratic dividends to residents of the council area, adding that plans are already underway to construct a 15-kilometre road network within the council.