Former
Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has called for equal access to
quality education for the girl child.
Atiku who
made the remark in a statement released to mark this year’s International
Day of the Girl Child called on government to actively initiate policies that
would empower Nigeria’s young girls to grow up believing that they can do
and become anything they imagine.
He made the
call on Wednesday in a statement released by his media office and made
available to newsmen.
The
former Vice President described Nigeria’s population of young girls as an army
of problem-solvers waiting to be unleashed, if only they could be given equal
access to quality education.
“Bear
in mind that when we educate the girl child, we educate a family, educate a
community and eventually end up educating a nation,” he said.
According
to him, “Until we prioritise the education of the girl child, there will
continue to be a limit on how far and well we can develop as a nation in the
21st century.”
The
Waziri Adamawa noted that the days are long gone when all that a girl was
groomed to become was a beautiful bride who would one day satisfy a man by
keeping house and kitchen, emphasising that Nigeria’s girls should be empowered
to function in all spheres of human endeavour.
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