20-year-old activist, Malala Yousafzai has urged the Acting
President, Yemi Osinbajo to declare state emergency in the education sector.
Speaking with State House reporters yesterday after a closed
door meeting with Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Malala said the
first issue she highlighted was “to ask the government to declare a state of
emergency for education because the education of the Nigerian girls and boys is
really important.”
The Noble Laureate said she also asked the Federal
Government to make the spending on education public and that the Child Rights
Act be implemented in all states.
Malala said Osinbajo expressed delight over her suggestion
on the state of emergency on education.
She added: “In the morning, I met Chibok girls and I was
very happy at what the minister is doing to support the Chibok girls. I’m
really excited to see them going back to their homes and to their families and
continuing their education. But I hope the other girls who are still under
abduction of Boko Haram are released.”
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