By FredErick Okopie

Apapa Local Government Chairman, Mr. Ayodeji Joseph, has admonished parents to desist from child abuse by preventing their children from hawking goods by the roadside, thereby exposing them to danger.

The local government boss was speaking to parents and children from the council’s primary and post-primary schools during the Children’s Day celebration at the council premises.

According to Mr. Joseph, “parents should desist from child abuse, a situation where a child is made to hawk goods by the roadside, thereby exposing them to danger, is wickedness on the part of such parents.

“It is the responsibility of the parents to fend for their children until they get to adulthood or are independent. They are to be given education, shelter, clothing, feeding and other essentials of life. These are a part of their fundamental human rights.”