Efab Sunshine Estate Organises “A Life Outside A Screen” Workshop For Teenagers And Youths

The Executive Committee Members (EXCOs) of the Efab Sunshine Residents Association, Apo, have scheduled Friday, 9 January 2026, for a sensitisation and training workshop for teenagers and youths in the estate. The programme, titled “A Life Outside a Screen,” is aimed at helping young residents better understand and manage their screen time on mobile phones and television.

The workshop will be facilitated by Ms. Ta Dutse Fatiha Ahmed and forms part of a broader series of orientation and re-orientation programmes designed by the EXCOs to support residents in becoming more responsible, productive, and focused in 2026.

Speaking on the initiative, the President of the Efab Sunshine Residents Association, Hajia Habiba Ali, explained that the training is one of several capacity-building activities organised to help residents plan their time effectively and become more emotionally and financially self-reliant in the new year.

According to her, “This is one of the series of trainings we, as EXCOs, have organised for residents and non-residents who may wish to benefit. In addition to the medical outreach conducted in 2025—where residents benefited from medical check-ups and drug distribution—we also organised a recent training focused on mental health awareness, as well as time, resource management, and optimisation.”

She further noted that the upcoming workshop is specifically targeted at children and young people in the estate as schools resume. “We want our children to have the right information that will help them optimise the use of their phones and other digital devices. The objective is to encourage them to spend more time on their studies and home assignments than on phone and television screens,” she said.

The training will also serve as a platform to encourage parents to guide and monitor their children’s use of phones and television within acceptable social norms.

Hajia Habiba Ali added that the estate’s EXCOs and management remain committed to collaborating with relevant stakeholders to provide residents with resources and programmes that will enhance their quality of life in 2026 and beyond.