Presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie has faulted the trending video of a little boy trekking his mother to calm down and rest before floggin him.
In her own opinion, it’s a clear case of child abuse and is nothing close to discipline.
Lauretta Onochie took to Twitter to state her sentiment as regarding the issue. According to her, a lot of Nigerian adults today are suffering from the effects of similar abuse when they were children.
She said, “the calm down video is a clear case of child abuse. That was not discipline.
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“Many Nigerian adults today, are suffering from the effects of similar abuse when they were children.
“In the UK, the child would be in care, his mother charged
“I was distressed by the calm down video. I can’t imagine the trauma that child and other children who watched it, went through.
“We must make laws that protect children in our nation,” she continued.
“There are better and more effective and humane ways of effecting behavioural changes in children,” she added.
Watch the video below:
