The wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima has canvassed the support of well meaning Nigerians towards the empowerment of the girl-child in the country.
Speaking during the 6th edition of the annual generation equality football tournament in commemoration of the international women’s day held at the weekend in Abuja, she identified education as a veritable means of empowering the girl -child in the country.
“We must put our heads together, both the public and private sectors, in empowering women, and developing programmes that help build the girl-child, as she steps into the very competitive world where men have been dominating from time immemorial. Their educational capacities must be work upon, and skill acquisition programmes must be worked upon even more.”
“Why we are doing this is to bring women together. We are going to have side talks on how to empower women as well. At the same time, there are some girls that will be given scholarships as well. Ten girls have been selected from across the FCT. The Rotary International President, Gordon Mclnally will be on a three-day working visit to Nigeria from Friday with a fresh donation of $7 million for eradication and disease prevention.
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