Martins enjoins church, parents to monitor youth against drugs, pornography

The Archbishop, Metropolitan See of Lagos, The Most Revd Alfred Adewale Martins, has called on the Church and parents to ensure strict surveillance on youths with a view to protecting them from the use of hard drugs and taking to pornography.

He made the call at the end of a two-day convention organised by Lagos Archdiocesan Catholic Men Organisation, Nigeria (LACMON) with the topic: “Overcoming Drug and Pornography Addiction in family Life” while the theme was: “The Family: The Vocation and Path to Love of God.”The event took place at St. Gregory College, Obalende, Lagos.

Martins lamented the high number of people obviously addicted to the two evils of drug and pornography addictions and consequently commended LACMON for coming up with the initiative to create awareness.

He further remarked that a lot of victims of the destructive habits are not aware of the grave consequences of indulging in them and warned against giving too much money to the children, which he noted is capable of luring them into the practice throughprocurement of smart phones and internet.

“The bottom line is for parents to live by example because if they, too, are indulging in the bad habits, it is only logical to admit that their wards will follow their footstep,” he said.

LACMON President, Kingsley Ekwem, called on Nigerians not to stigmatise the victims of drug abuse and those involved in pornography, but to encourage them to leave the practice for the betterment of their future.

He also enjoyed victims who have been struggling to forsake the habits to be decisive and put their trust in God who will give them every enablement to drop the habits.