Nigerian children should avoid criminal activities and other perilous and destructive attitudes that many of today’s youth are prone to.

Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, made the plea at the 5th edition of the Rainbow Art Unlocking Creativity, held at Cyprian Ekwensi Art and Culture Centre, Area 10, Garki, Abuja.

The program, which provided a platform for Primary School Pupils and secondary school students to showcase their innate talents, was chaired by the Minister of Education Adamu Adamu, and also had in attendance other heads of Ministries, Parastatals and media houses.

Speaking at the art exhibition and award-giving ceremony, Baba attributed the decline in young people’s creativity to their exposure and participation in social vices including drug abuse, cultism, and the excessive pursuit of filthy money at all costs.

He exhorted the pupils and students present to abstain from all social vices, search within, and tap into their intrinsic creative potential for growth both personally and nationally.

Baba commended all the participating teens for their extraordinary creative exploits despite seemingly opposing socio-economic factors.

He also expressed his gratitude to the event’s organisers National Gallery of Arts, for providing the young chaps with a stage on which to showcase their God-given abilities and for recognising them accordingly.

The Police Chief spoke through Force Public Relations Officer CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.