Akpabio ignites ambition of 536 students on Children’s Day

Akpabio with children on Children’s Day

… Senate suspends rules to celebrate Nigerian children

By ESEME EYIBO

Year 2025 Children’s Day was different for 536 students drawn from about 27 schools around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja as they celebrated the customary Children’s Day with senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the instance of the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Akpabio, GCON.

Akpabio celebrates Nigerian children

The colourful event witnessed the arrival of the students to the premises of the National Assembly. They were welcomed by the President of the Senate, who gave each of them a warm and fatherly handshake before inviting them into the Senate Chamber.

For them to, however, be admitted into the Senate Chamber, the Senate had to suspend its rule to give a force of effect and legitimacy to that decision which was designed to honour the children.

At the Red Chamber, the students were counselled on the need to stay on the path of moral rectitude and shun anything that would distract them from focusing on their studies.

Senator Akpabio in his advice to the students enlightened them on the adverse effects of drugs, which he said is the common indulgence of young people, adding that “drugs have the potential to derail the dream of a promising child and set him or her on a path of destruction.” He charged them to study and prepare themselves for a future that would give them opportunity to contribute to nation building.