Federal Government says it will remain committed to ensuring full enforcement of laws on the protection of the Nigerian children and the vulnerable groups across the country.
Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment Mrs Mariam Uwais stated this during the closing ceremony of a three weeks training of youth facilitators for At Risk Children Programme in Lafia the Nasarawa State capital.
At Risk Children Programme is a federal government initiative aimed at reaching out to the Nigerian children who are disconnected from their families and society, especially victims of drugs and substance abuse, the almajiris and the vulnerable groups.
In Nasarawa State, over 650 unemployed youths were engaged in the training to acquire various skills for the implementation as facilitators of the programme, where they are expected to go back to their communities and step down the knowledge to the at Risk Children.
Addressing the facilitators, Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment and National Coordinator of At Risk Children Programme, Mrs Mariam Uwais said the federal government will continue to set aside substantial funds for programmes aimed at taking the Nigerian child off the street.
She stated that each of the facilitators who are entitled to a monthly stipend of thirty thousand Naira was expected to be sending progress reports to government on the at Risk Children they are training.
Some of the facilitators Miss Mbewashi Danboyi and Mr Joel Ovey said they were trained in knitting, sawing, shoe making, tie and dye and crop production.
Governor Abdullahi Sule represented by the state Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development Hajiya Aisha Rufa’i noted that the state government was committed to providing necessary resources to ensure success of the Programme.