Girl, 9, Publishes Book, Advocates Terrorism Education
Girl, 9, Publishes Book, Advocates Terrorism Education
Leadership, 17 Dec 2015
URL: http://leadership.ng/news/483881/girl-9-publishes-book-advocates-terrorism-education
By Abah Adah
— Dec 17, 2015 5:10 am | Leave a comment
As the menace of insurgency has continued to prevail around the world, Splendour Joe King, a 9-year-old female pupil of Unique Blossom School, Maitama, Abuja, has published a book on terrorism titled: “Effects of Terrorism on Children”.
This was made known yesterday when splendour, in the company of her parents, Mr and Mrs Joe King, the headmistress of her school, Kate Onwubuariri, some of her teachers and colleagues, paid a courtesy visit to the corporate headquarters of LEADERSHIP Group in Abuja.
Miss Splendour, who is arguably the first child around the world to write a book on terrorism, said her inspiration to write the book stemmed from the concern she has for the numerous lives that are being lost to the wanton destruction by the Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria and the fact that if the children are adequately educated on the dangers of becoming a terrorist, the future will be at peace.
“You will agree with me that there is an urgent need to include terrorism education in the school curriculum for all schools to key into it. The terrorists we see today were once Children like us and if they were properly educated, they may not have ended up as terrorists,” she said.
She said the purpose of her visit was to seek cooperation of LEADRSHIP in creating awareness.
Her mother, Mrs Joe King, also spoke to the management of LEADERSHIP, confirmed her daughter’s dream of seeing an end of terrorism in future through the use of education. According to her, nobody sold the idea to her; she had had the privilege of travelling to the North-east after the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls and what she saw convinced her of the danger ahead.
“She met some of them who escaped and heard from them about their horrible experiences and since then she became pre-occupied with the writing of a book to educate children on terrorism,” she said.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Chief Operating Officer (COO), LEADERSHIP Group, Mr Nnamdi Samuel, praised the effort and initiative of Splendour whom he said is too young for what she had done and pledged the company’s support for her henceforth.
— Dec 17, 2015 5:10 am | Leave a comment
As the menace of insurgency has continued to prevail around the world, Splendour Joe King, a 9-year-old female pupil of Unique Blossom School, Maitama, Abuja, has published a book on terrorism titled: “Effects of Terrorism on Children”.
This was made known yesterday when splendour, in the company of her parents, Mr and Mrs Joe King, the headmistress of her school, Kate Onwubuariri, some of her teachers and colleagues, paid a courtesy visit to the corporate headquarters of LEADERSHIP Group in Abuja.
Miss Splendour, who is arguably the first child around the world to write a book on terrorism, said her inspiration to write the book stemmed from the concern she has for the numerous lives that are being lost to the wanton destruction by the Boko Haram terrorists in Nigeria and the fact that if the children are adequately educated on the dangers of becoming a terrorist, the future will be at peace.
“You will agree with me that there is an urgent need to include terrorism education in the school curriculum for all schools to key into it. The terrorists we see today were once Children like us and if they were properly educated, they may not have ended up as terrorists,” she said.
She said the purpose of her visit was to seek cooperation of LEADRSHIP in creating awareness.
Her mother, Mrs Joe King, also spoke to the management of LEADERSHIP, confirmed her daughter’s dream of seeing an end of terrorism in future through the use of education. According to her, nobody sold the idea to her; she had had the privilege of travelling to the North-east after the abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls and what she saw convinced her of the danger ahead.
“She met some of them who escaped and heard from them about their horrible experiences and since then she became pre-occupied with the writing of a book to educate children on terrorism,” she said.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Chief Operating Officer (COO), LEADERSHIP Group, Mr Nnamdi Samuel, praised the effort and initiative of Splendour whom he said is too young for what she had done and pledged the company’s support for her henceforth.