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COVID-19: Mission advises cancer patients on adequate care against contraction
The Mass Medical Mission (MMM) has advised cancer patients to be extremely careful and adhere strictly to the appropriate precautions against contraction of Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease.
The Mission’s Executive Secretary, Dr Abia Nzelu, gave the advice in an interview with Our Correspondent on Wednesday in Lagos.
Nzelu said the advice became pertinent considering the fact that these categories of people were at greater risk of contracting the virus more than others.
According to her, most cancer treatments like chemotherapy, immunotherapy and radiation can weaken the immune system, and thereby exposing cancer patients to higher risks of contracting infectious diseases.
She noted that cancer patients were twice likely to become infected than the general population and significantly more likely to die from COVID-19 once infected.
“Individuals with weakened immune systems such as cancer patients or those on immunosuppressive medications might be at higher risk for infection and complications associated with the virus that causes COVID-19 illness.
“This is why it is very necessary that cancer patients should go the extra mile to observe all precautionary measures to protect themselves from contracting infectious diseases, particularly the deadly Coronavirus disease.
“Because once contracted, the cancer patient has lower chances of survival than other patients due to their weakened immune system,” she said.
Nzelu, therefore, emphasised the need for special treatment and care for them.
She advised cancer patients to go the extra mile to observe the precautionary measures and ensure their safety, irrespective of whether others were obeying or violating the guidelines/precautions.
Nzelu also advised cancer patients not to take advantage of the gradual easing of lockdown to relax or neglect their health condition.
She urged them to always be conscious of their health and never do things others were doing.
According to her, the use of tele-medicine, which allow patients in different locations to access medical expertise quickly without having to travel should be strongly encouraged and embraced by cancer patients.
Nzelu said that cancer patients were not supposed to frequently visit hospitals, particularly during this period, but could do so when it became unavoidably necessary.
“The importance of tele-medicine and electronic communication cannot be overemphasised.
“Let cancer patients embrace them and learn to communicate with their doctors electronically instead of frequenting the hospitals,” Nzelu said.
May 27, 2020
Children’s Day: Do not take out frustration on children – NGO
An NGO, Prince Children Foundation on Wednesday cautioned parents to refrain from taking out anger and frustration on their children, especially during the lockdown.
The Founder of the NGO, Mr Adegoke Fadayiro gave the advice in an interview with Our Correspondent as the country celebrates the Children’s Day.
Fadayiro said that though recent happenings could not afford parents the luxury of celebrating Children’s Day in a grand style, they should find ways to make them happy.
He said that beyond the celebration, children should be given adequate parental attention, especially during the lockdown.
“Many parents have not been able to spend quality time with their children but with this lockdown and work-from-home directive, this is the time to bond.
“Also, we know it has not been easy catering to their needs during this pandemic, but parents should not take out the frustration on their children,” he said.
Fadayiro said that the foundation for obvious reasons had to limit this year’s celebration to hand washing, distribution of face masks and food packs to over 100 children in Oluwole Oladjeo in Ojodu Berger.
He also urged to children to remain well behaved and take their online classes seriously as well as learn new skills to avoid being idle.
May 27, 2020
Accident claims 7 lives at Olooru/Bode Sadu, Kwara
The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that seven persons died in an accident which occurred at Lumoh village along the Olooru/Bode Sadu road.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Kwara, Mr Jonathan Owoade, confirmed this while speaking with Our Correspondent in Ilorin on Wednesday.
According to Owoade, the accident, which occurred at the early hours of Wednesday, involved two vehicles; a commercial DAF tanker and a private Toyota Corolla car.
He said that seven people were involved in the crash, adding that all of them lost their lives.
“Early this morning we got report that there had been a road traffic crash which occurred at the Bode Sadu/Oloru axis, at a village called Lumoh.
“Our officers at the Olooru unit command were there early, it was a fatal crash involving two vehicles, a DAF Tanker and a Toyota Corolla car, and seven persons were involved.
“Sadly all seven people involved lost their lives. There were four males and three females involved in the crash.
“The cause of the crash was as a result of speed limit violation and loss of concentration by the drivers.
“The corpses have been deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital mortuary.
“I would once again plead with our road users to be safety conscious. FRSC officers have blood in their veins, it is sad for us to see humans like us lose their lives on the roads owing to crashes.
“We want to plead with travellers to caution any reckless driving or call our toll free number to report such drivers.
“Those who ply the Bode Sadu/Olooru/Jebba axis need to take extra caution, this is not a smooth road, and it is a winding road.
“Avoid over speeding, and be patient while driving. There is no perfection in driving; we all need to be careful so that lives are not lost on the roads,’’ the sector commander said.
May 27, 2020
Blame game in COVID-19 nothing but self-deception: CPPCC members on U.S. anti-China bills
By Yang Qiaochu, People's Daily
Multiple anti-China bills on COVID-19 were recently proposed by U.S. congresspersons.
However, the U.S. accusation is neither evidence-based nor has legal basis, said Chinese political
advisors, suggesting that the members of U.S. Congress urge the White House to take more
effective control measures and reinforce international cooperation.
The Chinese political advisors made the remarks on the sideline of the third session of the 13th
National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
“The U.S. accusation is totally groundless,” said Huang Luqi, a member of the 13th National
Committee of the CPPCC, and president of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences.
The Chinese government has launched the most comprehensive, strict and thorough prevention
and control measures immediately after the outbreak of the disease, he said.
It was found by the Northeast University in the U.S. that the strains of the novel coronavirus first
entering New York were not from China, Huang introduced, citing New York Governor Andrew
Cuomo.
Most scholars in the U.S. are objective on the origin of the virus, and the American politicians
accusing China are just trying to shift the blames to China to win more votes and stabilize the
stock market, Huang told People’s Daily.
“The U.S. request for China to compensate for the COVID-19 pandemic has no legal basis,” said
Zhu Zhengfu, a member of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC.
“China’s pandemic practices have never violated any international law, and the so-called
investigation by the U.S. is based on the presumption of guilt,” said Zhu, who’s also the vice
chairman of All China Lawyers Association.
China has always been open, transparent and responsible in its pandemic response, Zhu noted,
saying the country has timely released information and reported to the World Health Organization
(WHO), taken the most comprehensive, strict and thorough measures, and fully fulfilled the
responsibilities and obligations in the International Health Regulations.
He said the so-called U.S. lawsuits are nothing short for frivolous litigation, which not only lack
evidence, but also defy the basic theory of the law.
“We offer assistance with no political strings attached, but a small number of U.S.
congresspersons are accusing us of politicizing the disease. It exactly exposed their evil
intentions,” said Kong Quan, vice-chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National
Committee of the CPPCC.
Despite of the global efforts to fight the disease, a small number of U.S. politicians are opposing
international exchanges and dialogues, slandering other countries’ achievements in pandemic
response, and even accused and stigmatized the WHO which played a vital role in coordinating
and guiding global efforts, Kong said, adding that they have seriously hindered the progress of
global pandemic containment.
“They should urge the U.S. government to adopt more effective and decisive measures to curb the
spread of the virus, and fulfill its responsibilities as a major country with concrete actions in
global cooperation and efforts against the pandemic,” Kong told People’s Daily.
There are much more Americans than Chinese in the WHO staff and executive boards, noted Li
Baodong, a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC,
refuting the claims of certain U.S. Senators that China was controlling the UN health organ.
Li, who’s also a vice-chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the
CPPCC, believes the U.S. fallacies aim at diverting public attention. The WHO has 180 American
staff, but only 35 come from China. What’s more, among the 21 executives in the WHO
leadership, 11 come from the U.S., European Union, Canada and Australia, while only one is
Chinese. The WHO has established a work team for COVID-19 response, and over 30 members of
the team are American. It is joined by officials dispatched by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.
“The Americans are commanding the WHO, forcing the latter to accept its orders, and threaten to
withdraw funding if the WHO doesn’t follow,” Li said. The country manipulating international
organizations with money and threats is exactly the U.S. itself, Li added.
“China was the first to report the disease, but it doesn’t mean the virus originated in the
country,”said Hu Yu, a member of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC and president of
the Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and
Technology, Wuhan.
Hu introduced that the P4 lab, jointly built by China and France, is designed to study viruses,
rather than creating them.
Virus tracing is a serious scientific issue, the evidencing of which must be done by medical
experts and scientists. The Lancet recently published a joint statement by 27 leading medical
experts from eight countries, indicating that scientists have published and analyzed genomes of
SARS-CoV-2, and they overwhelmingly conclude that this coronavirus originated in wildlife.
Liu Hongcai, vice-chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Committee of the
CPPCC, told People’s Daily that the pandemic is a natural disaster, in which China and the U.S.
are both victims. The virus has nothing to do with political systems or ideologies, he said.
As a developing country with a population of 1.4 billion, China has achieved major strategic
progress in pandemic response. Such progress could not have been made without the strong
leadership of the Communist Party of China, or the solidarity of the country. China’s practices
have been supported by the whole nation, as well as foreign governments, political parties and
dignitaries.
Liu suggested U.S. politicians to stop self-deception, saying the blame game neither solves
problem nor saves lives. “Doing more to enhance cooperation with global countries, including
China, is the right way to defeat the virus,” he said.
May 27, 2020
National security law a ‘death knell’ for US intervention in HK: Global Times editorial
By Li Qingqing
Will a national security law that is to be implemented in Hong Kong undermine the “one country,
two systems” principle? Before answering this question, we’d like to ask: Which country does not
have national security laws? Which country would allow its administrative regions to become a
void of national security where some internal forces collude with foreign forces and jeopardize
national security?
Article 23 of the Basic Law stipulates that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR)
shall enact national security laws on its own. But it has been almost 23 years since Hong Kong’s
return to China, and the Hong Kong SAR has failed to enact such laws.
Some extreme opposition forces in Hong Kong are inciting the public to resist Article 23
legislation, which has been supported by countries such as the US and the UK. In Hong Kong’s
opinion sphere, Article 23 legislation has almost become taboo and can barely be mentioned.
In 2003, mass protests took place in opposition to Article 23 legislation. The legislation of
national security laws has become a long-term point of contest between the central government
and Hong Kong’s extreme opposition which rallies support from Western forces.
The absence of a national security law is one of the very reasons that Hong Kong has become
chaotic and its value system has deviated from the normal track. The rule of law has been
undermined by extremists who play a destructive role in national security and set a bad example to
society.
This must end. National security legislation in Hong Kong is a necessary guarantee for the “one
country, two systems” principle to function normally and for Hong Kong to enjoy a high degree of
autonomy. As the Hong Kong SAR is in a difficult position to fulfill this task, the National
People’s Congress needs to shoulder the responsibility based on the right given by the Constitution
and the Basic Law. It must help a lost Hong Kong find its position as a special administrative
region of China.
The logic of the move is clear, and its urgency is known to all. Saying the national security law in
Hong Kong undermines “one country, two systems” and puts Hong Kong’s high degree of
autonomy in jeopardy is simply a US-centric value and disregards the fact that Hong Kong has
returned to China.
We believe most countries will understand China’s moves and not follow US rhetoric. Washington
has already rallied support from its Western allies to attack China. Some have taken a stance, but
only the US has said that it will have a strong reaction.
All countries need to guarantee national security. Western countries can understand this political
and legal need as long as they are not biased.
Obviously, Beijing is determined to prevent external forces from interfering in Hong Kong affairs
and to reconstruct the national security system in Hong Kong regardless of the costs. We advise
Washington and extreme forces within Hong Kong not to misjudge the situation and wrongly
believe they can obstruct the legislation and implementation of the law.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned on Friday that Beijing’s plan to bypass Hong Kong’s
legislative process and pass a national security law would be a “death knell” for the Hong Kong’s
high degree of autonomy. Yes, there would be a “death knell,” but for the US’ interference in
Hong Kong affairs. Washington will be made to realize that Hong Kong’s high degree of
autonomy is ensured under Chinese jurisdiction, not US manipulation.
May 27, 2020
Amnesty demands release of journalist who criticised Lai Mohammed
Rights group, Amnesty International, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately release broadcast journalist, Rotimi Jolayemi, who has spent three weeks in custody for criticising the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.
Jolayemi, who anchors a Yoruba radio programme, ‘Bi aye se ri’ on Osun State Broadcasting Service and Radio Kwara, was on May 5, 2020, arrested by the police for reciting a poem which was critical of the minister.
Our Correspondent reports that Jolayemi’s wife, Dorcas, and his two brothers were arrested and spent over a week in police custody when they could not produce him. They were, however, released when the journalist turned himself in.
Jolayemi, who is the Vice-Chairman, Freelance and Independent Broadcasters Association of Nigeria, Osun State Chapter, was subsequently brought to Abuja where he has remained since May 7.
Reacting to the arrests, AI said in a tweet on Tuesday that the arrest of the journalist and his wife was unlawful.
“Jolayemi, a journalist was unlawfully arrested on May 6, 2020, over a poem considered critical of the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed. His wife too was unlawfully detained for eight days in squalid condition. We are calling on authorities to immediately release him,” the tweet read in part.
May 27, 2020
US sack policemen after brutalised black man dies
Four police officers in Minneapolis were sacked Tuesday as a video showing one of them kneeling on the neck of a handcuffed black man who later died sparked street protests in the midwestern US city.
Protesters, many wearing face masks because of the coronavirus outbreak, held signs saying “Justice for George Floyd” and “Black Lives Matter” during a rally near the scene of Monday’s death in custody.
In the video filmed by a bystander, a shirtless Floyd — thought to be in his 40s — is pinned on the ground by a white officer who kneels on his neck for more than five minutes.
“Your knee in my neck. I can’t breathe… Mama. Mama,” Floyd pleaded.
Floyd slowly grew silent and motionless, unable to move even as the officers taunted him to “get up and get in the car.”
He was taken to hospital where he was later declared dead.
After firing the four officers involved, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey expressed outrage as calls rose for them to be prosecuted for murder.
“What I saw was wrong at every level,” he said of the video.
“For five minutes, we watched as a white officer pressed his knee into the neck of a black man,” Frey added.
“Being black in America should not be a death sentence.”
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said he had been retained by Floyd’s family.
In a statement, Crump said Floyd had been stopped by police over a forgery accusation, a charge often used for writing bad checks or using fake banknotes for purchases.
“This abusive, excessive and inhumane use of force cost the life of a man who was being detained by the police for questioning on a non-violent charge,” he said.
Floyd’s death recalled the 2014 choking death of New Yorker Eric Garner by police, who was being detained for illegally selling cigarettes.
– ‘Pure evil’ –
His death helped spark the nationwide Black Lives Matter movement.
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo said he had passed the case to the FBI for investigation, which could turn it into a federal rights violation case.
But there were mounting calls for the officers’ arrest on homicide charges.
“This is pure evil,” tweeted Nekima Levy Armstrong, an African-American Minneapolis civil rights attorney.
“Those same officers need to be charged and convicted of murder.”
Bernice King, daughter of the civil rights leader Martin Luther King, tweeted a composite image showing a screenshot of the officer kneeling on Floyd’s neck next to a photo of NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeling during the US national anthem in protest over police brutality and social injustice.
“If you’re unbothered or mildly bothered by the 1st knee, but outraged by the 2nd, then, in my father’s words, you’re “more devoted to order than to justice”,” King tweeted.
Floyd’s death came as a video showing a white woman calling the police about a black birdwatcher in New York’s Central Park also went viral.
The woman was later fired from her job after her actions were condemned as racist.
It also followed two other deaths of African-Americans that involved police wrongdoing.
On March 13 in Louisville, three white Kentucky policemen forced their way into the home of a black woman, Breonna Taylor, and shot her in a drug investigation.
And police and prosecutors in Brunswick, Georgia allegedly covered up the killing of a young black jogger by the son of a retired investigator for local law enforcement.
The police allegedly withheld for two months a video showing Ahmaud Arbery, 25, being followed and then shot with a shotgun in broad daylight.
The families of Arbery and Taylor are also being represented by Crump.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) said the Minneapolis case showed that US police continue to use harsh treatment against African-Americans accused of minor charges.
“This tragic video shows how little meaningful change has emerged to prevent police from taking the lives of black people,” said ACLU policing specialist Paige Fernandez.
“Even in places like Minneapolis, where chokeholds are technically banned, black people are targeted by the police for low-level offenses and are subjected to unreasonable, unnecessary violence.”
May 27, 2020
Gombe Govt provides N600m for community projects – Official
The Gombe State Government has provided N600 million to communities and groups in the state to implement 256 micro projects of critical needs.
Alhaji Abubakar Kumo, General Manager of the Gombe State Agency for Community and Social Development (GMCSDA), disclosed this in an interview with Our Correspondent in Gombe on Wednesday.
Our Correspondent reports that GMCSDA was established in 2009 to empower communities in the state by supporting them with grants and building their capacities for projects implementation and supervision.
Kumo said the 256 micro projects undertaken in 64 communities cut in the 11 Local Government Areas of the state are to benefit about 480, 000 people.
He said that the support was given to the communities and groups to implement various projects in their communities in line with agency`s mandate to galvanise development at the grassroots.
Kumo said that the projects cut across eight sectors of education, health, water, socio-economic, rural roads, electricity, environment and Gender and Vulnerable.
He added that they are targeted at poor communities, vulnerable groups and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
The general manager said the support from the state government was attracting resources and attention from different developmental partners especially World Bank because “when you are not giving counterpart as a state government, they won’t give you resources.
“The communities and groups plan the projects, they draw up the cost estimate while we vet the cost estimate; they do everything and elect leaders while ours is to monitor, supervise and then fund the projects.
“The communities are contributing 10 per cent while groups contribute five per cent. In a nutshell, we have disbursed N600 million in last one year under the present administration of Gov. Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State.
“We have 256 communities/group micro projects implemented across the state and the bulk of the projects are in water, health and education but we have a lot in electricity, skill acquisition centres and environment,’’ he said.
Kumo said that in line with the maintenance culture of the governor, about 2, 560 community members across the state were trained on maintenance and sustainability of these projects and on conflicts resolution.
The agency`s boss stated that the impact of these projects from assessment carried out in 2019 were ‘marvelous’ having achieved a lot in acute health issues leading to a reduction in maternal deaths.
He said that it was very difficult for most communities assisted by the agency to access healthcare services especially during the raining season before the intervention projects.
“In education, there were lots of communities where their children were not attending school before but now they are attending schools. For water, we have reduced the long distances children walk to get water,’’ he said.
He commended the state government for prioritizing project interventions in communities.
Kumo charged the benefitting communities to continue to maintain these projects for maximum benefits of their communities.
May 27, 2020
How creative industry can survive COVID-19–AMFEST convener
Kayode Adebayo, the Convener of the African Music Festival (AMFEST), says the creative industry can only survive the effects of COVID-19 by embracing fresh ideas and strategies.
Adebayo disclosed this in an interview with the Our Correspondent in Ibadan on Wednesday.
According to him, the industry has lost huge revenue to the COVID-19 ravaging the country.
” Entrepreneurs in the industry would have to devise means to keep themselves afloat at this trying time.
“How they will be able to survive this time requires a lot of work, strategy as well as new and fresh ideas and some may take the option of educating themselves on other approaches to make ends meet.
“What has been lost in the creative industry is to the tune of multi billion dollars, especially as the pandemic came at the time when Africa was strongly becoming a force to reckon with at the international level.
“It came at a time when our music, fashion, food and arts have come to a place where demand for it has started to really grow and we became stakeholders that people want to reckon with on the global stage,” he said.
Adebayo, who is also the President of Kayode Adebayo Media Africa (KAM Africa), said the pandemic had impacted on the growing creative industry, with people first considering basic needs of survival before secondary desires.
He, however, noted that some aspects of the creative industry would experience growth if technology was embraced.
” For instance, the fashion industry will continue to receive support from stakeholders.
” For example, the government of Oyo State contracted sewing of face masks to practitioners in the industry.
“But industry practitioners must become innovative. What margin were they able to generate from the masks?
“It is not that they are able to create a product with high margins and sell it as high as they would before the advent of COVID-19,” he said.
He also said reports indicated that the music industry would suffer 30 percent loss in 2020, adding that ” this is because live music on stage is one of the highest earning aspect of the music industry.”
“The live aspect of it which is one of the strong areas that Africa and Nigeria in particular earn high from will shrink.
“This means no concerts, shows and social gatherings to sing at for a good number of months,” Adebayo said.
He, however, noted that many music artistes from the comfort of their homes were now putting out digital content to engage their fanbase.
Adebayo noted further that the food business was presenting good prospects in the creative industry though it would be limited in the margins that it could command.
“The food business in the creative industry will stay afloat though this will require some form of dynamism.
“The art industry is affected negatively too. In 2019, some Nigerian artists made huge revenue from their works locally and internationally by selling unique art pieces in the local and global art market.
“But the industry will also be tough for newcomers while the value of already well known art pieces will appreciate post COVID-19 while things gradually adjust back to normal.
“Few artists like Njideka Akinyili Crosby has had a fantastic run in the market since 2018 by selling a few notable pieces that amassed her revenue in sales.
“Investment and trading will slow down since the pandemic is global,” he said.
Recounting how his outfit had been coping with the effects of COVID-19, Adebayo said his company was ahead of the present challenges because it had embraced technology to advance its operations.
“We have moved a lot of what we are doing online. We were building some online products to help us navigate digitally and scale up what we were doing physically before the outbreak of COVID-19.
“We felt that physical conferences and meetings have their limits, but to be able to scale to the wider audience we went digital.
“We were building and testing our social media and networking platform ‘amfestconnect.com’ and ‘amfestcrowd.com for creative products of African origin from all over the world just about the time Nigeria reported its first case of COVID-19.
“So, the advent of the virus gave us the opportunity to launch and push engagement on it. For now we have been doing well using technology solutions.
“Through our products, Africans across various continents can decide to work with one another, facilitated by the network provided through our social, networking and media platforms.
“It is like a hybrid of Facebook and LinkedIn together but mainly for people in the creative industry and geared toward creating relationships and business opportunities for creative products of African origin,” he stated.
He also noted that his company partnered with WHO to execute an ongoing project, ” Music vs Virus Africa Challenge.”
“What we did was to invite music artists and music producers from all over Africa and we brought them together to do music that has to do with educating Africa on how to protect themselves against COVID-19.
“So we have people from Togo, Malawi, Ghana, Morocco, Egypt, South Africa and everywhere in Africa. They created their music and uploaded it.
“So we sat down with music experts to look at the best 10 of them, we got them together on May 23.
“We had coaches from Egypt, Cote d’ voire, Uganda and Nigeria. As participants did performances online, the judges were able to judge their performances and give the result.
“Voting for finalists is ongoing and this will result in all these talents from Francophone, Anglophone and other parts of Africa, coming together to create an EP body of work that will feature these various music producers and artistes,” he said.
May 27, 2020
Children have been traumatised by Philippines abusive drugs war, Human Rights Watch says
Thousands of children in the Philippines have suffered psychological distress, bullying and worsening poverty as a result of President Rodrigo Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday.
No fewer than 101 children have also been killed either as bystanders or as main targets of the violent crackdown between July 2016 and December 2018, the New York-based group said in a 48-page report.
Human Rights Watch urged members of the UN Human Rights Council to support an independent international investigation into the drug war killings and the impact of the violence on children, and press the Philippine government to end its illegal drug operations.
“Without action now, an entire generation of Filipino children will be victimized by the violence of Duterte’s anti-drug campaign,’’ Carlos Conde, Philippines researcher at Human Rights Watch, said.
According to Philippine police statistics, over 5,600 suspects have been killed in anti-drug operations since July 1, 2016.
“Estimates by human rights group place the death toll at more than 27,000.
“In many of the raids, children witnessed the killing of a parent, or were present while their parent was dragged away and shot,’’ Human Rights Watch said.
According to the report, due to this, the children suffer psychological distress, some developing aggressive and violent behaviour, while others becoming withdrawn.
“Many have been forced to drop out of school due to bullying and harassment or poverty.
“Many children are left with no choice but to work and some end up homeless and living in the streets, further exposing themselves to danger, violence and criminal activity,’’ the report said.
May 27, 2020