The World Bank has announced that it has earmarked $1.2 billion for investment in girls’ education across 18 States. The States include: Borno, Ekiti, Kebbi, Kaduna, Plateau, Katsina, Kano, Adamawa, Kogi, Nasarawa, Niger, Bauchi, Jigawa, Yobe, Kwara, Gombe, Sokoto and Zamfara. The World Bank Country Director, Ndiame Diop, disclosed this on Friday, at the relaunch of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) programme in Abuja. Diop, represented by the Bank’s senior social protection specialist, Tina George, said the initiative aims to provide comprehensive support to enhance adolescent…
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2021 Int’l Day of Girl-Child: Gombe First Lady celebrates with girls
Reminds families on good parenting Umar Kaltungo Gombe State First Lady, Dr. Asmau Inuwa Yahaya, celebrates with our girls, as the world marks this years international day of the girl-child, calling on families to put more attention on good parenting to guarantee a dignified future for our children. The governors wife stated this in a message to commemorate this auspicious Day of the Girl-child, internationally, lamented the increased social vices and gender-based violence that engulfed the girls in todays contemporary world. Dr. Yahaya however, encouraged women not to relent in…
Read MoreRape: Kano Govt to establish two counselling centres
?Kano State Government, says it has concluded arrangements to establish two counselling centres, to address stigma and enhance psychosocial support to rape victims. Wife of the Governor, Hajiya Hafsat Ganduje, stated this at a virtual conference organised to mark the 2020 International Day of the Girl-Child, on Monday in Kano?. The event with the theme: My Voice, Our Equal Future, was organised by the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) in collaboration with the some development organisations. International Day of the Girl-Child is an annual event declared by the UN and celebrated on…
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