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Stop withdrawing children from school – Governor’s wife
DIR By: ItzEdem
Date: July 29, 2016, 4:20 am
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Malala, the Pakistani Girl Right Activist, who visited Nigeria
two years ago, has expressed deep shock and disappointment at
the level of terror targeted at school children, saying
“advocates like her would not be defeated by terrorism.
Malala, who survived a shot to the head for daring to go to
school, said educating the girl child is a global challenge.
“We must all fight hard to overcome the barriers that is
preventing girls child from learning,” she said.
Young girls drown from various schools across all the 21 local
government area of kebbi state gathered at the Presidential
Banquet hall Birnin kebbi , along with the wife of the Kebbi
State Governor , Dr ZainabAtiku Bagudu to Watch a film show
titled ;’’ ME MALALA ‘’ the film which was sponsored by the
Malala fund Participant
Media in collaboration with the office of the wife of kebbi
state governor . The film which summaries how a young girl call
Malala suffer all odd to attain her education.
At the end, Dr Zainab called on parent to always allow there
girls child go to school and stop withdrawing them for
marriage at the peak of their education.
She however remembered and appreciated her recently departed
father who supported her education as well as many others she
added that without such support she will not be a qualified
Paediatrician.
Finally she lauded the Kebbi state government for taking
significant strides in education in line with recommended
international standards with over 20% budgetary allocation to
education, enhancing the school feeding program and payment of
fees for kebbi state student s schooling within Nigeria and
abroad.
Earlier, in his opening remarks the In- country consultant
Malala Fund, Crystal Ikanih – Musa says there policy objective
for Nigeria are to ensure that the federal government expand the
Universal Basic education commission (UBEC) and mandate to
include 12 years free , safe and quality education especially
for the girl child and remove hidden cost in education and also
to ensured that State Governments adopt and enforce the Child
Right Act to end early and forced marriage “ he added.
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