As the programme wraps to a fold, the International Boys Conference program which is holding its 2022 session on Saturday has sensitised not fewer than 1000 boys from 25 Secondary Schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on moral values and skills to enhance their abilities and make the society free from social vices.
The conference with the theme, ‘Reformation ‘ was organised by ‘Save the Boys Initiative’, which is a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO).
Mr Ebuka Ede, the Founder of the Initiative, said the essence of the conference was to raise and empower boys to become responsible and live productive lives.
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According to him, the Initiative is aimed at raising and building boys for absolute reformation and make the society a better place, devoid of criminal activities, social vices and immorality.
“We want to bring the boys together and make them understand what manhood is all about. There is a lot of distortion from society and if we keep silent, we will not see the change we desire.
“So, we are bringing boys to inculcate into them the values, discipline and mind set to become kings and leaders that would bring about the desired change in the country.
”If you look at the level of insecurity, criminal and social vices, they are mostly perpetrated by the boys/men. This shows that the boys were not well raised,” he said.
Ede added that the NGO is also trying to train the boys in raising their voice against boys being raped and sexually molested and nobody is talking about it. We want to see how boys can be transformed to also speak out against society ills,” Ede said.
He said that much has been done on protecting the girl child, adding that not much is done for the protection and sensitisation of boy child.
Eden further explained that the Initiative also carries out community projects to save the boys at the end of every year, and it is going round the country, collaborating with other stakeholders to educate the boys for effective reformation.
“We have been to IDP Camps to sensitise boys, because, some.of them are idle. We are also mapping out plans to target more communities and IDP Camps.
“We want the boys reformed; we want parents to say their boys are now responsible. We want a new nation that is devoid of fraud, rituals, rape, immorality and criminality.
“We have over 1000 boys here. I will be going to Lagos and Jos in the next few days for the same purpose. We believe it is possible to reform large numbers of Nigerian youths to have a better country,” Ede said.