Kafofin yada labarai na Najeriya suna ba da shawarar yin aiki tare da masu ruwa da tsaki kamar UNICEF domin kare yaran Najeriya ta hanyar rahotannin su.
Shugaban kungiyar Editocin Najeriya, Eze Anaba ne ya bayyana haka a wani taron karawa juna sani da UNICEF Nigeria, kungiyar Editocin Najeriya, da kuma Diamond Award for Media Excellence (DAME) suka shirya a wani bangare na bikin ranar yara ta duniya, 2024.
Taron da aka gudanar a Legas a karshen mako yana da taken: “Karfafa rawar da kafafen yada labarai ke takawa wajen inganta ‘yancin yara.”
Taron ya tattaro masu aikin yada labarai, da jami’an gwamnati, da kamfanoni masu zaman kansu, da masu rajin kare hakkin yara, a wata tattaunawa mai ma’ana kan kula da yara a Najeriya.
A cikin jawabin shi Mista Eze Anaba,ya jaddada cewa dole ne a yada labarin yara, wadanda ake tauye hakkin su, wadanda aka jinkirtar da mafarkin su.
“A matsayinmu na editoci, a matsayinmu na ‘yan jarida, muna fuskantar matsalolin yau da kullun. Kafofin watsa labarai ba kawai masu lura da al’umma ba ne.
“Mai taka rawa ce wajen tsara ka’idojin al’umma da kuma tasiri kan manufofi don haka, rawar da muke takawa wajen kula da ‘yancin yara yana da muhimmanci kamar kowane mai ruwa da tsaki.
“Dole ne mu fallasa tare da fadada muryoyin marasa murya ta hanyar bayyana kalubalen da dalibai ke fuskanta, daga rashin ilimi zuwa rashin daidaiton lafiya. Za mu iya tattara ra’ayoyin jama’a da kuma matsawa masu tsara manufofi su yi aiki,” in ji Mista Anaba.
Hakazalika, wakilin UNICEF, Cristian Munduate ya bayyana imanin cewa masu ruwa da tsaki za su iya kyautata wa yaran Najeriya.
A cewar Munduate, “a kowace shekara ana haihuwar sabbin jarirai 8,000,000 saboda haka a cikin shekaru 5, daga yanzu za mu sami ƙarin yara 40,000,000 da ke ƙasa da 5. Wannan shine dalilin da ya sa muke buƙatar yin aiki a yanzu”.
Wakilin UNICEF ya ce jarirai 41 daga cikin 1,000 da aka haifa masu rai, abin takaici, ba sa rayuwa bisa la’akari da yanayi daban-daban kamar rashin kiba a lokacin da aka haife su, matsaloli a lokacin haihuwa, iyaye mata, masu rauni sosai da rashin abinci mai gina jiki.
“Domin ceton rayuka, UNICEF tana tallafawa Najeriya ta fuskar rigakafi, amma har yanzu muna da kalubale da dama. Yara 2,100,000 a cikin kasar har yanzu ba su da adadin kowace irin alluran rigakafi, kuma wadannan yaran suna cikin hatsarin kamuwa da kowace cuta da za a iya rigakafin ta.
“Dukkan yara suna da hakki kuma suna buƙatar samun damar rayuwa, bunƙasa, da kuma girma,” in ji ta.
Munduate ya ce za a iya samun wadannan damammaki tare da taimakon masu ruwa da tsaki da kuma kafafen yada labarai.
Sauran masu fafutuka a wurin taron sun tattauna ne a tsakanin masu fafutuka, wadanda kwararru ne a fannonin su daban-daban kan kare hakkin yara da tsaron makarantu a yayin da ake kara tabarbarewar tsaro a Najeriya, magance rashin lafiya da abinci mai gina jiki ga yara da kuma tasirin sauyin yanayi ga zamantakewa da al’adu.
Ladan Nasidi.
