Nigeria: Obaseki Pledges to Promote Girl-Child Education

14 July 2019

Benin City — Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said his administration is committed to the education and protection of the girl-child, noting that holistic reforms in basic education would propel children in the state to realise their full potential.

He said this at the 2019 Malala Day observed by the United Nations and its organs to celebrate the courage and bravery of Ms. Malala Yousafzai, who promoted gender equality in education in defiance to attacks by the Taliban in her native country, Pakistan.

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