The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has described her support for the education of the girl child as a response to the yawning gap in girls’ education in Nigeria.
“We also focus on stopping the crisis of sexual violence against women. To that end, Osun is the first state to implement the resolution of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum on action against sexual violence. We have met with the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and resolved to set up mobile courts to try domestic sexual violence matters. Additionally, we are compiling a list of unfairly jailed girls and women to get them released. This is in addition to an agenda of empowering women through the cooperative loan scheme.”
In his address, the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education, Dr Ahmed Bobboi, hailed the contributions of the Adeleke administration to the growth and development of universal basic education in the state.
According to him: “The administration’s records enhance the confidence of UBEC and the Office of the First Lady that the new school will realise its targets and even surpass them.”