JNI Commences campaign against child abuse in four focal LGA in Gombe

WORRIED by the spate of violence against children in the country, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) an Islamic NGO has commenced sensitization campaign to end the trend in four local government areas of Gombe state.

Secretary-General of the JNI, Dr Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, who was represented by the Admin Officer of the Organization, Mallam Yusuf Sa’idu Mohammad disclosed this while speaking during a town hall meeting with women, Youths, religious, leaders and traditional rules in Kaltungo, kwami, Yamaltu/Deba and Balanga local government areas of Gombe state.

He said that the sensitization exercise is supported by the United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) aimed at fighting against child abuse in the country, adding that child upbringing is a collective responsibility of all irrespective of race and culture.

Abubakar Aliyu also said that the sensitization has come necessarily because at its inception; Islamic form of child upbringing is built on the provisions of the glorious Qu’ran and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The JNI scribe further said that the Islamic Tarbiyyah stands out from other forms of upbringing because it is all encompassing consisting of training of the heart, purification of the soul, development of the senses and building of the body.

The Islamic cleric added that child upbringing in Islam entails ensuring attainment of good conduct, better disposition and best standing among mankind.

“Islam’s general approach to children may be summarized in a few principles. First, it is the divine injunction that no child may become the cause of harm to parents as contained in the Holy Qur’an, 2:233” he said.

He decried the appalling statistics regarding violence against children as shown by a recent national survey indicating that over half of children first experience violence between the ages of 6 and 11.

“When we leave here today, I hope that each one of us, especially you as religious leaders from Northern states, will leave with absolute commitment and energy to take action to ensure that all children in Nigeria can grow up free from violence,” he said.

While speaking at the occasion, the Mai Kaltugo, Engineer Saleh Mohammed Umar and Bala Waja, Mohammed Danjuma Mohammed assured their support for the programme in order to end violence against children in the state and country at large.

JNI Commences campaign against child abuse in four focal LGA in Gombe

Worried by the spate of violence against children in the country, the Jama’atu Nasril Islam (JNI) an Islamic NGO has commenced sensitization campaign to end the trend in four local government areas of Gombe state.

Secretary-General of the JNI, Dr Khalid Abubakar Aliyu, who was represented by the Admin Officer of the Organization, Mallam Yusuf Sa’idu Mohammad disclosed this while speaking during a town hall meeting with women, Youths, religious, leaders and traditional rules in Kaltungo, kwami, Yamaltu/Deba and Balanga local government areas of Gombe state.

He said that the sensitization exercise is supported by the United Nations Children Funds (UNICEF) aimed at fighting against child abuse in the country, adding that child upbringing is a collective responsibility of all irrespective of race and culture.

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Abubakar Aliyu also said that the sensitization has come necessarily because at its inception; Islamic form of child upbringing is built on the provisions of the glorious Qu’ran and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).

The JNI scribe further said that the Islamic Tarbiyyah stands out from other forms of upbringing because it is all encompassing consisting of training of the heart, purification of the soul, development of the senses and building of the body.

The Islamic cleric added that child upbringing in Islam entails ensuring attainment of good conduct, better disposition and best standing among mankind.

“Islam’s general approach to children may be summarized in a few principles. First, it is the divine injunction that no child may become the cause of harm to parents as contained in the Holy Qur’an, 2:233” he said.

He decried the appalling statistics regarding violence against children as shown by a recent national survey indicating that over half of children first experience violence between the ages of 6 and 11.

“When we leave here today, I hope that each one of us, especially you as religious leaders from Northern states, will leave with absolute commitment and energy to take action to ensure that all children in Nigeria can grow up free from violence,” he said.

While speaking at the occasion, the Mai Kaltugo, Engineer Saleh Mohammed Umar and Bala Waja, Mohammed Danjuma Mohammed assured their support for the programme in order to end violence against children in the state and country at large.