The Nasarawa State Directorate of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, has called on the Nasarawa State government to increase its public enlightenment mechanisms of educating the citizens that Child soldiers recruitment by the bandits was ongoing in the state.
State Director of the Agency, Mrs. Priscilla Gondu-alluor said this during a courtesy visit to one of the radio stations, Breez FM in Lafia. She stressed that lack of education, poverty and humanitarian problems were some critical factors bandits are capitalizing on to lure the children into their evil activities.
NOA director however appealed to parents to pay more attention to their wards, insisting that child soldiering method being applied by the bandits to engage the children, portends great danger to the state and nation.
According to her, the agency requires the support of the media to fight the trend and implored the residents of Nasarawa State to key into the government’s fight against insecurity in the state adding that the development was far from the objectives of the Nasarawa State government and Directorate of the National Orientation Agency to enlighten the public on efforts to stem the tide of insecurity in the state and the country.
