The National Orientation Agency has charged parents and guardians to caution their children against fomenting trouble capable of truncating the election processes during today’s polls.
The NOA Director General, Garba Abari, gave the advice during a sensitisation programme held at the Ona of Abaji Palace on Friday in Abuja.
The programme tagged, “Say no to violence: Achieving peaceful and credible elections through attitudinal change” is part of its agency’s advocacy and community engagements on the imperatives of a violence-free and credible 2023 general election.
Abari, who was represented by the Director, Orientation and Behaviour Modification, Theresa Nnalue, cautioned youths against participating in political violence or thuggery before, during and after the polls.
According to her, no politician will allow his children to participate in violence but they will rather send other people’s children out to engage in violence before, during and after elections.
She further enjoined youths to secure their future by desisting from becoming tools of destruction in the hands of politicians.
Responding, the Ona of Abaji, Alhaji Adamu Yunusa, noted that his subjects are aware of the new electoral act and will not accept any form of violence or vote buying.
