Good coping skills have been identified as a panacea to healthy living which will help to impact positively on the lives and existence of young minds, including adults thereby enhancing community peace, safety and security.
This was made known yesterday by the National Coordinator Police Campaign Against Cultism and Other Vices(POCACOV), CSP Ebere Amaraizu while interfacing with some stakeholders in a community peace building of the POCACOV volunteer club as part of the program of action lined up for the inauguration of the POCACOV Advisory Board and POCACOV Religious Consultative Forum by the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese Lord Bishop Paulinus Ezeokafor in Awka on Saturday (today).
According to Amaraizu, “young minds are pressured to join cult/violent groups because they do not know the goldmine that is in them and so, they join the groups which its consequences are not known because they are looking for a way out of environmental, social and family pressures and a direction through which they can make it in life and which negates the principles of good coping skills hence poses negative challenges in our community.
“Young minds as well as adults should be exposed to good coping skills, strategies and techniques which will help them handle such difficult emotions which usually help to plunge one into aspect of lawlessness such as cultism, violence and other vices, decrease stress as well as establish and maintain sense of internal order which is a panacea to a healthy community.
“Good coping skills enables one to tolerate one another and promote peaceful environment.”
Amaraizu further lamented that rather than some young minds and adults embracing good coping skills, they indulge in negative coping skills through the use of alcoholics, drugs and other risky or aggressive behaviour as measures to cope with anxiety and stress and achieve their set goals.
“The POCACOV Advisory Board to be inaugurated is part of the community peace building process in line with the realization of public safety and security framework of the Nigeria Police force by the Police Campaign Against Cultism and other vices which is to promote community peace, safety and security.
“The POCACOV Advisory Board will work with POCACOV Volunteer Club in Anambra State and other stakeholders as well as community based groups, faith based groups amongst others to enhance community peace, safety and security,” he added.
POCACOV is a community driven program of the Nigeria Police Force working with different stakeholders to enhance community peace, safety and security and to save Nigerian children and youths from the claws of cultism, violence and other vices through advocacy, awareness creation and sensitization, mentoring and reorientation.
