{"id":66716,"date":"2025-05-27T10:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=66716"},"modified":"2025-05-27T10:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T10:29:16","slug":"no-child-will-suffer-in-silence-tinubu-vows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/05\/27\/no-child-will-suffer-in-silence-tinubu-vows\/","title":{"rendered":"No Child Will Suffer in Silence, Tinubu Vows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Samuel Adeola<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to protecting Nigerian children from bullying, violence, and neglect.<br \/>\nIn a message to mark the 2025 National Children\u2019s Day, Tinubu described children as the pride and future of the nation.<br \/>\nHe emphasized that his government is working to create an environment where \u201cevery child feels safe, respected, and heard.\u201d<br \/>\nThe president said efforts are underway to strengthen child protection systems, including the expansion of the Child Protection Information Management System (CPIMS) for real-time tracking of abuse cases.<br \/>\nHe also referenced the National Plan of Action on Ending Violence Against Children (2024\u20132030), which aims to prevent abuse and provide support for affected children.<br \/>\nTo combat child hunger, Tinubu announced the scaling up of the National School Feeding Programme and the Nutrition 774 initiative to ensure \u201cno child in Nigeria goes hungry.\u201d<br \/>\nHe further highlighted the implementation of the National Policy on Safety, Security, and Violence-Free Schools, as well as newly developed guidelines for school administrators to ensure safer learning environments.<br \/>\nTinubu urged Nigerians to support the \u201cSee Something, Say Something, Do Something\u201d campaign, calling for collective responsibility in safeguarding children.<br \/>\nHe assured children across the country that their voices and dreams matter and encouraged them to speak out if they face harm.<br \/>\nThe president also called on state governments and stakeholders to prioritize child welfare in policies and budgets, stating that children are \u201cthe heart and future of the nation.\u201d<br \/>\nHe concluded with a message of hope and unity, stressing that no child should suffer in silence or be left behind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Samuel Adeola President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration\u2019s commitment to protecting Nigerian children from bullying, violence, and neglect. In a message to mark the 2025 National Children\u2019s Day, Tinubu described children as the pride and future of the nation. He emphasized that his government is working to create an environment where \u201cevery child [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":66717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59,197],"class_list":["post-66716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured","tag-tinubu"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66718,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66716\/revisions\/66718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}