A former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has unveiled a group, Sure for you Rescue and Resettlement Initiative (Sure4U), to cater for vulnerable persons across the country.
At the on Tuesday in Abuja, Babandede unveiling of the NGO said the initiative was being targeted at addressing the cases of out of school children on the streets.
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He explained that SURE4U seeks to promote the right and dignity of children, by countering the exploitation of child labour and child abuse in all forms through high impact interventions that address the critical needs of the street children and those with peculiar needs.
According to him, the NGO intends to work in collaboration with relevant stakeholders in discouraging trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants.
Babandede said: “There are a lot of crisis in the country because of vulnerability, there a lot of people who are in a difficult situation, not because they cause it but the society made them so.
‘Sure 4 U’ is out to fight for the vulnerable, if you leave children on the streets without any help they can go into any business., and this business is recruiting of these children into banditry, robbery, kidnapping and terrorism,” he said.
The Minister of State, Finance, Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, who unveiled the NGO, described it as a vital vehicle for societal change.
Chairman, SURE4U Board of Trustees (BOT), Senator Usman K. Umar, Sarkin Kibiya, described the initiative as a milestone in the quest for social justice and other objectives, aimed at improving the society.
