YOLA — Hajiya Lami Fintiri, wife of Adamawa State Governor, on Monday presented beverages to children admitted in amenity and maternity wards of the Specialist Hospital, Yola.
The presentation was in commemoration of the 2021 International Day of the Girl-child which has been celebrated on October 11 since 2011 and the theme of 2021 celebration is “Digital Revolution: Not without Girls.”
The day was set aside by the United Nations to promote the rights of girls and address the unique challenges they face.
The wife of the Governor who was represented by a 13-year-old Rabi Zakari from Government Day Secondary school, old GRA Jimeta, said that the presentation was part of activities marking the 2021 celebration.
“We the girls in Adamawa, our prayers is for Government to protect us from cases of rape and other forms of child abuse done to girls in Adamawa State.”
“Adamawa schools need more female teachers and girls need separate toilets in schools.”
“We need equal opportunity to access basic and quality education, please tell our parents to send us to school,” she requsted.
In his remark, Dr. Wadinga Dauda, the Chief Medical Director, Specialist Hospital Yola, who took the governor’s wife for the presentation round the hospital, commended her for her love for children.
He noted that such a gesture was not the first time as she was rendering much assistance for the patients in the hospital for long.
Also, Mr Joel Jutum, UNICEF Education consultant, said that UNICEF is doing everything possible for the girls to succeed in life.
Jutum who was represented by the team lead Hajiya Zainab Sale, said that the activities were targeted at building self-consciousness in the girls, empowering them with knowledge, exposure and skills.
“The objectives are to make positive changes in their lives and other girls in their respective communities using digital evolutions.”
“For the 2021 celebration we trained 50 Girl-child from five LGA on digital innovation, we selected the best 10 out of them.”
“Five of them were in Abuja while five were in Adamawa posted to the State Assembly, First Lady’s office, Ministry of Women Affairs, Ministry of Education, and State Universal Basic Education Board for the celebration,” he said.
- Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Seals Supermarket In Abuja - April 19, 2024
- Strange Disease Claims Seven Lives, Records 196 Cases In Sokoto - April 19, 2024
- FCCPC Vows To Combat Price-Fixing Of Commodities - April 18, 2024
