Children’s Day: Envoy urges Nigerian children in S. Africa to be good ambassadors
Advice
By Isaac Aregbesola
Abuja, May 27, 2018 (NAN) The Nigerian Consul General in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Godwin Adama, has advised Nigerian Children in South Africa to be good ambassadors of their country.
The envoy gave the advice as Nigerian children in South Africa joined other children across the world to celebrate the 2018 Children’s Day in Johannesburg.
Adama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in a telephone interview that he gave the advice at the Children’s Day celebration in Johannesburg.
He said that the Children’s Day celebration in Johannesburg by Nigerian Children, which was first of its kind, was organised by the Association of Nigerian Women in South Africa.
Adama charged the children to strive to be good ambassadors of the country by exhibiting high moral value.
“I want to advise Nigerian Children to be good ambassadors of not only to their families and communities but also to the country at large.”
He said that the only way they could progress in life in foreign country was by being good and disciplined, saying that they should be ambassadors of Nigeria through good moral value.
According to him, it is through the children, who are leaders of tomorrow that the negative impression about Nigerians in South Africa could be changed.
“Once they are of good behaviours, and good conducts, of course they are the future leaders they will project good image of Nigeria in South Africa.
“The occasion attracted so many dignitaries and many prominent Nigerians in South Africa,” he said.
He said that apart from march past by the children, the occasion was used to showcase Nigerian rich cultural heritage as children displayed Nigerian different native attires.
“A lot of them sang in their different native languages with their attires it was a very unique ocassion.
“They have different cultural displayed, they also had march past wearing green, white, green, which is a symbol of Nigerian unity.
“This helps us to tell the world that Nigeria is rich in culture and also that Nigerians in South Africa are of good behaviour,” he said
He said that Nigerian government would always strive to ensure that the rights of Nigerian are not trampled upon in South Africa.(NAN)
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Edited by Felix Ajide