Tag: Girl Child Education

FG unveils Strategic Reports to tackle gaps in Girl-Child Education

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, has launched two strategic reports aimed at reforming and strengthening girl-child education in Nigeria.   The reports “State of Girl-Child Education in Ten States” and “Analysis of State-Level Financing of Girl-Child Education in Nigeria” were unveiled in Abuja by the Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Ahmad, during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting. Professor Ahmad said the documents would guide data-driven policy decisions, enhance budgetary planning, and drive targeted investments to ensure inclusive and equitable education for Nigerian girls. She also announced…

Friday Sermon: How Islam Supports And Encourages Girl-Child Education! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful   All perfect praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds. May His peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his family and companions.   Dear brothers and sisters! Acquisition of knowledge is sine qua non for all human beings to enable them to have basic information and act according to the principles of the religion. In fact, no religion and no ideology place as much emphasis on education and knowledge as much as…

Deputy Speaker, Kalu decries neglect of Girl Child Education, Gender Based Violence

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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has expressed concern over the rising number of uneducated girl-child and incidence of Sexual Gender-Based Violence against girls in Nigeria.   Kalu expressed the concerns on Thursday when he received a delegation from the Female Student Vanguard for Girl Child Education in Nigeria from Kano State who paid him a courtesy visit his office at the National Assembly complex Abuja.   He observed that the issues if not tackled will have negative consequences on the child’s physical,…

Girl Child Education: NPC holds Round Table engagement with Traditional, Interfaith leaders

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The National Population Commission NPC in Abuja yesterday 17th May ,2023 held Round table engagement with the traditional and interfaith leaders in advocating for the partnership to improve human capital development through girl child education.   The summit was to improve the knowledge and expand the capacity of the stakeholders on the relationship between girls’ education and population management that evolve from managing fertility rate and improving child survival to equip them to assist in arousing societal consciousness to embrace, promote and support girls’ education, everywhere in Nigeria.   The…

PUBLIC NOTICE: NCC holds maiden edition of Nigeria Girls Can Code Competition(NGCC) February 1

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), in its efforts at promoting Digital Literacy and Skills of young school girls in the country, is organising a maiden edition of the Nigeria Girls Can Code Competition (NGCC) in line with the catch-them-young global initiative.   The NGCC aims to engage girls in secondary schools across the country to debate on innovative ways to address the challenges of food security through the application of fifth generation (5G) technology.   This is in line with the Federal Government’s policy initiative – Nigeria Digital Economy Policy…

FOMWAN FCT Celebrates World Girl Child Day …. Urges Government, NGOs To Prioritize Girl Child Education

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Federation of Muslim Women Association of Nigeria, FOMWAN FCT chapter today joined the rest of the world to mark “World Girl Child Day” The Amirah of FOMWAN FCT , Hajia Bola Risikat Usman in a statement said “it is a great pleasure for us to celebrate today as the girl child is the means through which other creatures of Allah are brought forth to life, Hence girl child should be held in high esteem as the prophet of Islam, Muhammed(may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) rightly…