Tag: Childrens Day

May 27: Tinubu pledges ‘renewed commitment’ to Nigerian children

Aminu Imam
Tinubu pledges 4 children

President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to protecting the rights, dreams, and futures of every Nigerian child, as the nation marks the 2025 International Children’s Day yesterday. In an address to children across the country yesterday, the President described them as “the pride and future of our great nation,” underscoring the government’s moral, constitutional, and intergenerational duty to ensure their protection, development, and safety. “Our children are the most precious part of our national fabric, the heartbeat of our nation’s future, and the custodians of tomorrow’s promise, innovation,…

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Tinubu pledges support to help Nigerian children realise their dreams

Aminu Imam
tinubu on children's day

President Bola Tinubu has pledged that his administration will spare no effort in ensuring Nigerias children have a solid foundation for realising their dreams. In an issued statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, to mark the 2024 Childrens Day celebration yesterday, President Tinubu emphasised that society mirrors the collective family units. Childrens Day, celebrated annually in Nigeria on May 27, is a day to honour children worldwide, and for adults to reminisce about their own childhood experiences. The President urged the preservation of principles that…

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2022 Childrens Day: Despite prolonged universities closure, Buhari says education is priority

Aminu Imam

Despite the continued closure of Nigerian public universities for more than three months over workers strikes, President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that his administration is committed to ensuring access to education for every child. Nigerias university-based unions, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU); the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, (SSANU); the Non-Academic Union of Allied and Educational Institutions, (NASU), and the National Association of Academic Technologists, (NAAT), have downed tools for months, crippling activities on the nations tertiary institutions. They are demanding better funding for the university…

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Children’s Day: “Our greatest legacy is to give you a better country”, Buhari tells Nigerian children

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday celebrated the Childrens Day with a solemn promise to bequeath a better country for the present and future generations. As part of the activities to commemorate Childrens Day, observed on May 27, the President hosted a group of Nigerian children at the State House. According to the Presidencys official Twitter handle, The President spent the morning with a group of visiting children, at the State House. A giant card, a cake, and lots of flags and fun! The short ceremony witnessed the cutting of a national…

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