Attahiru Garba Madami, Resident Electoral Commissioner in Kwara State has advocated for improved education of girl child to enable them compete favourably with their male counterparts.
Madami gave the indication in Ilorin at One-Day Stakeholders Meeting on the Effect of COVID-19 on Women Participation in Politics, organized by League of Women Voters of Nigeria in collaboration with Action Aid.
He says girl child education is a vital tool for empowering women and development.
“Education is the bedrock of development and the only legacy we can leave for our children especially the girl-child.
“We must break religious, cultural, social and challenges/ barriers hindering the girl child education.
“Therefore, education for girl child must be made compulsory while parents that failed or refused to send their girl child to school should be sanctioned,” said Madami.
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Folashade Aransiola, the chairperson of the group in Kwara State stressed the need for parents to be more responsive in educating their girls on ways of life.
She equally challenged other women to see themselves as game changers and rise up for their right to bridge the gap of gender inequality.
Aransiola noted that it is only when girls are well nurtured thus; they would be able to manage all forms of gender-based violence in the society.
In her submission, Bilqees Oladimeji, the NILOWV program manager explained that the project aims at tackling the barriers to gender equality and supporting the empowerment of women and girls through provision of technical and financial resources to local women’s right organization and their network.
Oladimeji informed that the association has taken sensitization to some places including St. Anthony Secondary School.
