CHILD-LIKENESS: A VERITABLE TOOL FOR SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

The honourable member representing Bende North State Constituency, Hon. Nnamdi Ibekwe has charged leaders and parents to be child-like in all spheres of conduct and relationship in the society in order to promote socioeconomic development of the state.

He said this during the child dedication of the child of High Chief, Elder Amadi Uche on 22nd July at The Presbyterian Church Amankalu Igbere.

He further charged the parents to train the child in the ways of the Lord so that the child will be an instrument of change and develop in our time.

Speaking further, he beckoned on leaders to adopt a child-like attributes in order to ensure socioeconomic development. This he premised on the fact that children are ever loving and welcoming. He advised them to do all in their power to ensure that the greater good is enthroned in all aspects of the society.

He also said that children are innovative by being inquisitive. Therefore through innovations in all spheres and sectors, innovations can be harnessed to also ensure social development and improvement of the people in the state.

In all he said that children have good qualities and attributes that when adopted by the leaders, they will help grow the state.

In the same vein, he enjoined mothers to contribute their quota as the ones closest to the children to bring them up in the ways of the Lord and thus we don’t raise delinquents in the society rather, functional members that will play integral role towards the general good of the society.

Finally he congratulated the parents on their dedication of their chikd and prayed that God will give them the wherewithal to train their child.