Scouting
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu
Lagos, June 21, 2024 (NAN) The Lagos State Scouts Council has expressed readiness to partner with schools in Lagos State to address indiscipline and moral decade among students.
The Commissioner of Lagos State Scouts Council, Mr Adebesin Olohuntoyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos that there was need to make students to play constructive roles.
He appealed to the three tiers of government to provide the council with an enabling environment and other forms of support to achieve the goal.
According to him, scouting helps students to develop self-confidence, ethics, leadership skills and citizenship skill.
“The failure of parents, schools and leaders to engage Nigerian students in scouting activities and other impactful events that can build culture and morals in young people has been blamed for vices, including drug addiction, fraud and insurgency.
‘Scouting breeds culture; every tribe has its own culture/tradition, and scouting goes into the tradition to see how we can come back to good days.
“Scouting plays a significant role in the physical, intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual development of students,” he added.
He said that Lagos State Scouts Council had been a reference point due to the state government’s commitment to youth development using scout method over the years.
“This longstanding tradition puts scouting in Lagos at an enviable position,” he said.
On challenges faced by the council, Olohuntoyin identified inability to access schools on Saturdays for open troop meetings as a key challenge.
He said that open troop meetings would enable participation of indigent students in scout trainings.
According to him children, adolescents and yound adult aged from six years to 26 years can belong to the various categories of scout troop. (NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
MIL/IGO
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Edited by Ijeoma Popoola
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