Aregbesola blames bad parenting for increase in social vices
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has attributed the surge in societal vices to parental issues and the improper upbringing of children.
“What is obviously lacking is sufficient parental guardians. Let us address parental issues,” Mr Aregbesola was quoted as saying in a statement by his media aide Sola Fasure.
According to Mr Fasure, the minister gave the advice in Akure, while addressing old students of Akoko Anglican Grammar School (AKOGRAMS), Arigidi, Akoko, Ondo State.
The minister noted that when pupils are properly brought up, it would go a long way in ridding the society of crime and criminality prevalent among youths in the country.
“Parents must be encouraged to properly groom their children, and grooming is not just about discipline, it goes beyond that. It involves correcting vices, malpractices, maladjustments, misbehaviours among others.
“When parents are up against vices and are sensitive to what their children are doing, what they are reading, to what they are watching, to the company they keep, definitely we are going to have well groomed, disciplined and well-bred children.
“The home is the first foundation of morality,” he added.
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