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,â€� 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
President Bola Tinubu has pledged that his administration will spare no effort in ensuring Nigeria’s 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 Children’s Day celebration yesterday, President Tinubu emphasised that society mirrors the collective family units. Children’s 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…
Read More2022 Children’s Day: Despite prolonged universities’ closure, Buhari says education is priority
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. Nigeria’s 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 nation’s tertiary institutions. They are demanding better funding for the university…
Read MoreChildren’s Day: “Our greatest legacy is to give you a better country”, Buhari tells Nigerian children
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday celebrated the Children’s Day with a solemn promise to bequeath a better country for the present and future generations. As part of the activities to commemorate Children’s Day, observed on May 27, the President hosted a group of Nigerian children at the State House. According to the Presidency’s 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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