Anambra Police Command has urged children to be clever and learn fundamental safety precautions including memorizing their parents’ names, addresses, and phone numbers.
The police Command through the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga made the request during its visit to the Police Children School in Awka on Friday, as part of their activities to celebrate 2023 Children’s Day.
Speaking at the event which was attended by some officers drawn from the Police Public Relations Office, Anambra State Police Command, some Executive members of the PCRC, and Teachers of the School, among others, the command said that the visit is to reassure the children of how much they are loved and cared for.
He said that children are the future and part of the conscience of their community and therefore they should be watched after and not neglected.
He also advised parents to teach their children how to interact safely with strangers and what to do in case of emergency.
Ikenga further advised parents to intentionally engage with their children in order to foster a warm bond with them.
According to him, if children are well taught both in learning and character, it will afford them consciousness to be aware of the happenings around their environment which will guide and direct them properly in all their activities always with reduce supervision.
The command, in collaboration with the Police Community Relations Committee(PCRC), Anambra Chapter, during the event distributed gift items like exercise books and bags to the children.
Also Speaking, Stella Ubah, the Woman leader of PCRC, Anambra State Chapter, praised the command for the visit, supports in the development and growth of the police children school.
She also expressed her appreciation for the gift and said that they would serve as a tremendous source of encouragement for both the teachers and the students and also assured them that the children would be guided and instructed to meet academic standards common in other regions.