Have as many children as you can train – Minister of Women affairs, Uju Kennedy tells Parents

The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, has admonished Nigerians to only give birth to children they can cater for. She said this in reaction to the incessant cases of house-helps getting maltreated by their guardians

She further advised that children should not be used “as bait that one day one of them will grow up to start taking care of you”

She said;  “In this country, we know that having a house help is not a problem, but its maltreating them that is a problem. So that is the more reason why we should enlighten Nigerians that if you have a neighbor maltreating a child, report the case and, believe me, if you dont see me there you will see somebody from this ministry or many of our state ministers.

“Neighbors and the teachers are the ones we should enlighten, including the media so that when a child is being maltreated and looking down, from the expression you would know, teachers should take note, ask the child questions, and report back.

“So, we need a lot of enlightenment and sensitization on this issue.I am urging parents dont have children you cannot train, this is part of why the children are suffering. Its very unfair and very bad, that you will have children you cannot train and then you subject them to so many sufferings, even some of them when they give out their children to help others.

“They dont even look out to know whether that child is okay or not. I know some that are even alive and they adopted their kids to other people simply because they are lazy.They cant work so Im telling them to up their games, work hard, even if youre roasting corn, there is joy in it and you can make money just cut your coat according to your size and take care of your children dont go and have twelve, using them as bait that one day one of them will grow up to start taking care of you. Some of them could equally die in the process of suffering. So I plead with them to have as many children as you can train