Girls Child Education: Niger’s First Lady Seeks Urgent Intervention

The Wife of the Niger state Governor, Amina Abubakar Bello, has charged policy makers and governments at all levels to urgently intervene and formulate policies to accommodate girl child education.

Amina who stated this in her message to mark the international world day for girl child education urged state governments across the country to allow their voices to be heard as well as to be inclusive in governance.

She reiterated her resolve to continue to advocate and raise awareness about eliminating those obstacles that hold back the girl child from achieving their full potentials.

The Governor’s wife in a statement by her spokesperson Rabi Sarki Bello Say’s  “Girls  have globally proven over time that when allowed access to education,skill acquisition and opportunities will not only be agents of change but positive role models in the society”

She further added that there is a need for governments to lay emphasis on investing in the future of the girl child’s capacity and potentials, by providing them with a conducive environment for education and learning, so as to better identify and explore their full potentials.

The Governor’s wife, however, urged parents to accept the need for allowing the girl child to acquire education in order to make them better citizens who can contribute to the socio-economic stability of the family and by extension their various communities.