The Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society has organised a holiday camp workshop for more than 80 teenagers in Abuja to inculcate moral values and develop their entrepreneurial skills.
The National Chief Imam of the Society, Shiek Fuad Adeyemi, at the end of the 10-day intensive camp on Saturday stressed the need for parents to devote more time for the development of their children, inorder to evolve a better society.
He said the 12th edition of the teenagers workshop which had as it’s theme: ‘Heroes in the Making through Entrepreneurial Skills’ was carefully segmented into pre-teens and teenagers sections for maximum impact.
‘As we all know, the entire world is challenged, everybody is knowledgeable, but there are no morals, no discipline, no home training, most people are just focused on how to make money, even if it’s immoral and we can’t continue like this.
‘This is why we brought our children together for the 12th edition of this workshop, this year we had about 80 of them in camp and Alhamdulilah we were abl
e to teach them discipline, morals and how to supplicate and get things from Allah.
‘We also exposed them to entrepreneurial skills for self reliance, we trained them in digital skills such as video editing, graphic design, photography, online business and other skills like baking,’ he said.
Adeyemi, who decried the moral decadence and vices prevalent in the society, urged government at all level to synergise more with faith-based organisations to get youth development programmes down to the grassroots.
Earlier, the Ameer of the teenagers camp, Nurudeen Adeleke, said the camp was an eye-opener for the participants, as they learnt positive things that would make them better individuals and contribute positively to the society.
‘Alhamdulillah, we are happy for this great opportunity and wish it can even be expanded in subsequent editions,’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that participants at the workshop were taught entrepreneurial skills such as baking, weaving, netting, gift box, graphi
c design, among others.
Source : News Agency of Nigeria