By Emma Amaize

WARRI — Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State; President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor and prominent Deltans, weekend,  challenged parents to pay greater attention to the upbringing of their children.

Uduaghan and Oritsejafor observed that the failure of parents in inculcating right values in their children was responsible for the increasing rate of deviants in the society.

They spoke in Warri at the 90th birthday thanksgiving service of Justice Silvanus Ajuyah, father of the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Charles Ajuyah, SAN.

Governor Uduaghan said: “I want to urge parents to please bring up their children in the way that when they leave you, people can give positive testimony of those children.
“I keep saying that in life, three things are important: God first; your family, second and your work, third. Do not let your work overshadow your family, do not be too busy that you have no time for your family.

“It is true that most of the criminals we see today are people who have challenges at home,” he said, noting that such deviant children in the long run turn around to harm and hunt their parents.

Orisejafor, who said Justice Ajuyah and his wife played a significant role in his upbringing and described him as “my pride and that of so many people.”