The Rotary Club of Bompai, Kano, has facilitated the release of 130 children charged with murder, rape, armed robbery and other major offences from the state’s Remand Home in Goron Dutse.
It was gathered that between December 1, 2021 and February 24, 2022, the Rotary Club, in collaboration with the Kano State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development and the Young Evolving and Smart Concepts (YES) has trained 130 juvenile offenders, releasing 35 of the minors.
At the Remand Home yesterday, the kids were being lectured on the dangers of drug abuse. Repentant juvenile offenders gave heart rending testimonies that drew tears from their relatives. The outstanding ones and their teachers were given awards.
The drug abuse campaign tagged: ‘Change Your Lifestyle, Say No To Drugs,’ came after Rotary Club celebrated its 117th birthday anniversary. It is believed that drug abuse is a motivator of crime.
“We have launched a campaign against drug abuse and we are training juvenile offenders in various skills in order to change their bad ways to good,” Sagab Sani Ahmed, Rotary Club of Bompai and District Governor Nominee (DGN), said.
President-elect of Rotary Club Bompai, Miriam Obi, said: “This is the closing ceremony (third edition) of the Club’s Annual Interventions for Juvenile Delinquents at the Kano State Remand Home. It is tagged: “Good Behaviour Is Answer To Good Living.”
“The third phase of intervention includes correctional lecture sessions for 130 juvenile offenders held on 27 November, 2021; three months vocational skills acquisition training held from December 6, 2021 to February 20, 2022.”
She added that the Rotary Club Bompai influenced the training and release of 15 juvenile delinquents on December 1, 2021; 45 as at December 12, 2021 and 50 who would be rescued before the end of the closing ceremony on February 24, 2022.
Obi explained that the campaign is aimed at addressing some identified issues that often lead to drug abuse through advocacy, sensitisation on dangers of drug abuse and rehabilitation of abusers.
“Rotary is a club for men and women designed to help the less privileged. What we are doing here today is to help these young ones get a better future.
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