From John Adams, Minna
The National president of the Boys Brigade of Nigeria, Professor Samson Duna has indicated that the lack of moral training is largely responsible for the growing rate of youth restiveness and security challenges in parts of the country.
Professor Duna who traced some of the security challenges bedevilling parts of the country and the growing rates of cyber crimes among the youths to lack of moral training, believed that most of the current high level indiscipline in the society will be curtailed if attention is given to the moral training of the youths.
Professor Duna stated this when he received the newly elected executive members of the Niger State Council of the Boys Brigade who were at the national secretariat in Abuja for a thank you visit after the successful investiture two weeks earlier.
He said the Boys Brigade of Nigeria remains a moral training ground for the Christian youths, stressing that “as soldiers of Christ, moral training and discipline are very key in all our dealings”.
According to him, when a child is properly trained and brought up with the fear of God in him, the society will have less work to do, adding that “the growing crimes among the youths today is the manifestation of lack of moral upbringing”.
He therefore urged members of the Boys Brigade of Nigeria not to compromise anything for discipline as that is one of the core objectives of the association, pointing out that “we cannot afford to fail in upholding moral discipline of our youths”.
The National President thanked the new executive members of the Niger State Council for coming to the National Headquaters for a thank you visit and their token contribution towards the Estate Building Projects.
He told the Executive of Niger State Council that the doors of the National Council are open for counseling, advise and positive criticism to move the Boys’ Brigade of Nigeria forward.
Earlier the Niger State President, Hon. Jonathan Tsado Vasta who led other members of the state council in the visit, told the national president that they were in the national secretariat to appreciate the National Council for her support during their State Executive Investiture.
According to Vatsa who is also a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Niger state, the visit was equally to appreciate the National Council for the good job in piloting the affairs of the Boys’ Brigade of Nigeria and to key into the leadership style of the National President.
“We are here to forster unity between the State Council and the National Council and to seek National Council’s fatherly blessings as we continue to serve in the Boys’ Brigade Ministry”, he added.
The Niger State Council had donated the sum of ₦100,000 as support for the ongoing Boys Brigade of Nigeria Estate Building Project in Abuja, a 50kg Bag of Rice and the sum of ₦50,000 to the Secretariat Staff.