The Determined, Aspire, Re-Imagine and Express (DARE) Conference 2021, a pan-African conference organised by YouthHubAfrica, opened on Friday with several
“We need to understand that women, especially young ones have been at a disadvantage for a long time and so it’s important that various initiatives and programmes that have been designed to support women continue.
“We just celebrated the International Youth Day and so it behooves on the youth to take on the challenge and focus on how to contribute to a better Nigeria. There is no perfect nation in the world, every nation has its own challenges and this gives the youth opportunity to participate in making things better,” Olawale said.
“Another important factor is that making sure the girls are educated is not as important as giving them quality education. To be able to achieve this, we need the support of the state governments- governors, commissioners, states parliament and community leaders. “We need to have conversations with traditional, religious leaders, and parents and most importantly, not forget to communicate the economic impact of such acts and how society is losing huge potential when girls are married out early.
“Lack of creativity on the part of our policy makers is a big problem, we will not stop building bigger prisons until we begin to prioritise education in Nigeria. What you prioritise is what gains value.
While speaking, Kiki James,founder and chief executive officer of ACE Charity, a nongovernmental organisation, said there is need to change the approach on how we educate people in Nigeria.
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