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Pakistani female education activist and the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Global girlchild education icon, Malala Yusufzai on Wednesday met with Nigeria’s Vice President, Kashim Shettima, in Abuja, on Wednesday.
She used the occasion to canvass for “complete education” for all Nigerian children.
The Nobel laureate was part of a delegation from the United Nations led by the UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group, Mrs Amina Mohammed.
Addressing Journalists after meeting with the VP, Malala said her message to the Nigerian government was a call for free and quality education for every child in the country.
“I would ask here in Nigeria that all governments of states, all party members commit to ensure that every child in Nigeria has access to a complete education, which includes senior secondary education; that every child has access to free and quality education and the second I ask is that we make a full financial commitment to ensure that no child is left behind in this country,” she said.
Earlier, the Vice President told the UN delegation that the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government was committed to educating the girl-child to position them as key contributors to national development.
“President Bola Tinubu is fully and unequivocally committed to the girl-child education and gender empowerment initiatives,” Shettima said, according to a statement by the State House Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola.
Continuing, the VP said that Tinubu remained fully committed to issues of girl-child education and gender empowerment and would promote the same in the policies and programmes of the Federal Government under his watch.
According to him, “the present administration will vigorously pursue the SDGs goals 4 and 5.”
“President Bola Tinubu is a passionate and committed advocate of girl-child education.
“He believes in the empowerment of our women. He believes that the prosperity and respect of every society is directly proportional to how they treat their women folk.”
He assured the Malala Fund of the Federal Government’s partnership with the organisation for the greater good of Nigeria.