In commemoration of Children's Day 2025, president of the House of Representatives, Hon Abbas Tajudeen, during the plenary on Tuesday, he celebrated the young Nigerians by scoring his seat for a student who presided as “Shadow Speaker.”
It is the second time that the speaker of the tenth house honors the young Nigerians in this way. On October 10, 2024, he annulled his seat for a 16 -year -old gender defender, Isabel Anani, who served as 'Shadow Shaw' in commemoration of the International Girl Day.
On Tuesday, to celebrate Children's Day, the speaker Abbas allowed Lawal Haruna Saliu, a government school student, Kuje, preside over the ceremonial session, which lasted about 15 minutes.
Saliu, who said he was “very excited to preside over today's plenary,” thanked the speaker Abbas for the opportunity.
This year's child's day theme is “Standing, talk: building a generation free of intimidation.”
During the brief session, the president of the Women's Affairs and Social Development Committee of the House of Representatives, Hon Kafilat Ogbara, transferred a motion of urgent public importance in the commemoration of International Children's Day.
Adopting the motion, the Chamber urged the Federal Government to “prioritize the policies that support the health, education and well -being of children, while improving investment in ICT infrastructure, particularly in rural communities, to ensure equitable access for all our children and review the law of the rights of the child.”
The Chamber also urged the Federal Ministry of Education to implement comprehensive programs aimed at improving digital literacy between students and teachers. Legislators also ordered the National Assembly that “accelerates actions on the approval of the establishment of a bill of the National Agency for Protection and Execution of Children (Rights).”
In addition, the Chamber ordered its Committees on Women's Affairs, Digital Information Technology and Basic Education and Services to guarantee compliance with resolutions.
Later in the day, the speaker Abbas had an interactive session with invited students from 10 secondary schools in the federal territory of Capital: the public schools of the six and four private schools.
In the session, the speaker emphasized the need to implement and enforce existing laws against physics and cyberbullying among school children.
Answering the questions of some of the students, the speaker Abbas regretted the incidence of child labor and traffic, saying that relevant government agencies at all levels must perform their execution roles to address the threat.
“There are laws against bullying in schools, and school authorities must take advantage of them to protect those who speak. If schools do not take actions, the matter must intensify the parents and the relevant security agencies. The government faces intimidation, and the victims must learn to speak more to stop it.
“It also corresponds to the relevant agencies to implement and enforce laws against child labor and traffic in Nigeria. Nigerians have the habit of staying silent when they see people who violate the laws,” said the speaker Abbas, and added that “almost everyone knows one or two younger children who work as internal servers, either in their homes or in their neighbors.”
He also asked the Nigerians who moved outside the country to reconsider, since things are not necessarily better in other places.
The speaker said that, with the current administration policies and the profits that are being registered, the expansion of private sector participation to create more jobs is imminent. He, therefore, urged young people to take advantage of government policies.
The 10 schools invited to the session with the speaker were GSS Bwari, GGSS Abaji, GSS Kwali, GSS Gwagwalad Lugbe.
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