The traditional ruler of Akinale in Owu Kingdom of Abeokuta, Oba Olufemi Ogunleye has admonished parents and guardians to take extra care towards the growth of their children so as to give them sustainable positive future.
Penpushing reports that the monarch gave the task while addressing a congregation at the 9 lesson Christmas Carol at the St. Luke’s Anglican Church, Oke Odo, Gbagura area, Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital
‘As the culturally and value-oriented generation is fast depleting due age, the children in today’s space are in ‘fast lanes’ struggling for lust and damaging character and the credibility of their pedigrees and the nation in general’, Ogunleye noted.
Penpushing further reports that he regretted that the decadence in our society is traceable to parental negligence and connivance of parents to encourage youthful malfeasance, stressing that the audacity of some parents flaunting a nebulous association of yahoo boys was uncalled for
The royal father lamented that the uncertainty of a regulated reprisal rather than the severity of the punishment for crimes in Nigeria has discounted the efficacy our laws against many crimes including the endemic corruption and thus sustain recidivism,
Penpushing also reports that Ogunleye a veteran journalist and forefront lawyer added that, parents and guardians should now gird their loins to mold the character of their wards for sustainable positive societal development.
Meanwhile, the traditional ruler advised the people to celebrate the Christmas with restraint but learn from the bumble life of Jesus Christ for their personal development and contribution to the nation’s growth.
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