Scout confirms existence of 20 formidable cult groups

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Chief Commissioner of the Scout Association of Nigeria, Dave Padopas-Awunah, has said no fewer than 20 formidable cult groups operate in the country. At a press conference to announce the organisation in Abuja, he said authorities were disturbed by emerging vices and drug abuse involving children and youths across the federation.

He said: “There is recruitment of child soldiers elsewhere, such that they go into war. But here, there is recruitment of children, five to 10 years, into cultism. In his address, Director of World Scout Bureau Africa, Dr. Frederick Kama Kama, said governments on the continent needed to collaborate with their scouts to check associated prevailing ills among young people.Kama explained that his organisation was working round the clock, employing different platforms to salvage child soldiers and create a new life for them.

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