The Federal Government (FG) of Nigeria, has been urged to
conducted survey on child online abuses in the country, to check its enormity,
reports ITRealms.
This call was made by the pioneer Lagos branch secretary,
Cyber Security Expert Association of Nigeria (CSEAN), Mr. Remmy Nweke, in a
paper, entitled “Nigerian Students, Technology Education and Cyber Crime”
to mark the 2018 World Safer Internet Day (WSID) event organized by the
International Centre for Leadership Development Nigeria (ICLDNg) at Itolo
Girl’s Senior Secondary School, Surulere, Lagos.
Mr. Nweke who also is the Lead Strategist and Group
Executive Editor, DigitalSENSE Africa Media group, said the survey has become
pertinent to help evaluate the enormity of child online abuses in the country,
especially since the boom in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in
the country have been unprecedented.
According to him, the Federal Government can urgently
facilitate this survey via collaboration between the Federal Ministry of Youth
& Sports and National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) to quantity the crime, in
addition to introducing a dedicated toll-free number to this cause.
Nweke, the award-winning author of “A Decade of ICTReportage” also called for the establishment of a Child Exploitation and Online
Protection Centre (CEOPC) portal, to aid reporting of child online abuses over
the world wide web (www).
While urging students, to always exhibit positive confidence
whenever online and ready to share only content they are sure of, Mr. Nweke,
advised parents to take special interest and care on what their children do
mostly online.
“This is very key to safety of children online, while
they must stick to Closed User Group (CUG), so as to stay safe and share
beneficial information,” he said, enjoining children who wish to use social
media applications (apps) to ensure those have user content control or user
setting options like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook to name a few.
“Apply discipline in the use of social media and focus on
your education first,” he advised the students selected from various schools in
Lagos State.
Nweke underscored some social media techniques for
students to be wary of, comprising the use of use strong password, saying that
the “longer it is, the more secure it will be.”
He advocated for the use of different password for each
social media accounts, stressing the need to set up security answers where
applicable.
“The two factor authentication is available for most
social media sites. And if you have social media apps on your phone, be sure to
password and protect your device,” he counselled, pointing out that they should
be selective with friend requests.
Nweke insisted that “If you don’t know the person, don’t
accept their request. It could be a fake
account” and further advised the participants including teachers to ensure they
click links with caution due to frequency with which social media accounts are
being hacked, especially by looking out for language or content that does not
sound like something their friends would post.
His session witnessed some panelists including Mrs.
Treasure Uchegbu, Taiwo Fashola, Programme Coordinator, Center for African
Renaissance and Development (CEFARRD), Uchechi Chukwuma and officials of
Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) led by Murtala Ariyo, among
others.
Some of the dignitaries at the event included the Lagos
State Director, Special Duties, Education District 4, Mr. J.O. Oshodi,
Principal, Itolo Girls Senbior Secondary School, Mrs. Olawepo, Chief Operating
Officer, ICLDNG, Adedeji Adedoyin and the Executive Director, ICLDNG Mr. Felix
Iziomoh.
The global theme for the 2018 World Safer Internet Day is
theme of "Create, connect and share respect: A better internet starts with
you."
Nonye Dom/GEE
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