Actress and philanthropist Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde paid Big
Brother Naija Housemates a very special visit on Friday morning. She had a chat
with them about the shocking inequalities young girls still face when it comes to
access to quality education.
The Housemates gasped in shock as she pointed out that over
130 million girls in developing countries still don't have access to
quality education, and if they were a country it would be the 10th largest
in the world. She urged them to use their voices to draw attention to this
shocking disparity reiterating the mantra of her campaign
that "poverty is sexist!"
She also opened up about losing her father at a very
young age and having to become the head of the household before delving
into greater detail about her work with the ONE campaign to
create support structures for young women in a similar position.
Uriel and Bisola then recounted their
own struggles with having to become mother figures to their younger siblings
after losing their fathers at very young ages as well.
Marvis, who comes from a family of eight also described how
strained and confusing her relationship with her sister became after she took
over the duty of parenting them. Omotola completely related to this and
explained that her own siblings still didn't know how to relate to
her at times as she was a mother and sister all at once.
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