The President of ZONTA Club Ibadan 2, Mrs ENIOLA OYEDELE, has urged teenagers to refrain from harming others, stressing that violations of human rights do not occur only through physical actions but also through virtual abuse.
Mrs OYEDELE, who addressed students of Nuuru Islamiyyah Grammar School Kudeti Ibadan earlier today as part of activities round off the sixteen days of activism against violence against women and the girl child, encouraged the students to safeguard the welfare of others, adding that the moral values instilled in them today will shape their behavior tomorrow.
In her words “A lot of harm is done to people on the phone, it’s not until you actually physically hit someone that you violates the person, you can say words, you can post things that can affect the life of the person.
We must say no to people that go about online and spreading malicious information about others.
You teenagers you are our future, you are going to get to the top at some point but what you learn now those are the things that will help you in the future.”
A practicing barrister and the first female lawyer of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Oyo State Chapter, Zontian FOLUKE ALADENIYI, who also addressed the students on identifying cyberbullying as a criminal offence under Nigerian law which attracts a punishment of six months to a maximum of twenty years imprisonment or a heavy fine, advised the students to be cautious about their conduct on social media.
In her words “The law of the country is against such things,if that person is caught is a jail of twenty years because it is a digital affect and they are some you will pay for if you are caught and you are prosecuted. And then it depends on the level of crime that you are committing.
Some you will pay heavy fines, some will go with imprisonment,1 year , 2 year the highest is 20 year. We have to be careful with things we do with our phones.”
Zontian AGUNLOYE engaged the students with questions and answers with some current affairs.
The club also presented the students with lady essentials, stationery materials among other items.
As activities for the sixteen days of activism against digital violence against women and girl-child come to an end, zontians believe the campaign will go a long way in bringing peace and stability to Nigerian homes .
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