Calabar Carnival: State Government To Arrest And Prosecute Anyone Who Violate Children's Rights

Calabar Carnival 

Child Rights Violators Will Face Arrest and Prosecution, according to Cross River State Government

Promoters and participants in the future children's carnival in December 2023 who may break any provisions of the Child Rights Act will face arrest and legal action.

The 32-day annual carnival celebration was the subject of an address to journalists in Calabar by Austin Cobham, the executive secretary of the state carnival commission, and Erasmus Ekpang, the commissioner of information in the state.

Cobham issued a warning on the promotion of any provocative, pornographic, or indecent materials during the annual children's carnival.

According to him, the commission would work to protect children by promoting UNICEF and other child rights organizations in all of their forms.

The carnival committee secretary, Cobham, revealed that local artists will have more chances to shine than well-known international performers because of the fluctuations in the value of the dollar compared to the Naira.

Commissioner for Information Ekpang stated that in order to guarantee the carnival's success, all legal procedures are being followed.

“We are currently rebranding all popular Parks in all the three senatorial districts. We are also giving facelifts and decorating the town as we are expecting a few countries like South Africa, for instance, and teeming visitors to the carnival.

“We have arrays of local contents to beef up the 32-day celebration in different segments.”

The state's commissioner of police, Gyogon Augustine Grimah, was joined by the deputy PPRO, Igri Ewa, and the governor's security advisor for the southern region, Patrick Odiong, in stating that they had developed plans to stop crimes such as kidnappings.