By Monic Okechukwu
Anambra State Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has enjoined mothers to utilize their natural endowment to redirect their erring children in the path of moral rectitude.
CP Orutugu who gave the charge when he received in audience, members of Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, NAWOJ, Anambra State Chapter, led by the Chairperson, Comrade Tochukwu Ifejika, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office, lamented that morality has so much depreciated and devalued.
He noted that women have special qualities that endear them to people, urging mothers to see themselves as having natural ties that can positively influence their children.
The CP decried, the alarming rate the young people are engaging in crimes such as robbery, cultism, fraud, illicit drugs, kidnapping, murder and other anti social activities, saying that mothers should do more to bring back their children.
He pointed out that though it is the duty of both parents to ensure proper upbringing of their children, mothers however, are being challenged because they stay more with these children and are also closer to them than their husbands.
The Police Commissioner recounted his achievements so far in combating crimes since his assumption of duty as the Commissioner of Police in Anambra State which has earned him so much recognition and accolades from various groups.
He expressed more commitment in tackling the menace and reducing crimes to the barest minimum, and urged NAWOJ to also assist in addressing some of the societal ills against women such as Gender Based Violence, GBV.
Orutugu further thanked Ndi Anambra and other security agencies for their support and assistance in battling crime, calling for continued collaboration for a more secure and safer Anambra State.
Speaking earlier the NAWOJ Chairperson, Comrade Tochukwu Ifejika, said the visit was aimed at bringing to the fore, societal ills against women and children, as well as to welcome the CP to the state, and to intimate him some of NAWOJ activities lined up to that effect.
Comrade Ifejika also observed that crimes have reduced significantly since the CP assumed office and congratulated him on his achievements so far that have earned him those accolades, urging him not to relent.
She further expressed hope that the Police Commissioner will always respond positively whenever NAWOJ seeks his assistance in carrying out its obligations.
