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Ooni
of Ife, Prince Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi with the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji
Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar and a top Sokoto chief
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The Sultan of Sokoto,
Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar and the Ooni of Ife, Prince Adeyeye Enitan
Ogunwusi, have urged all levels of government to ensure that the girl child is
educated and allowed to reach her full potentials as a means to ensure
meaningful development.
Daily
Trust report continues:
The
sultan spoke when he received an award as a goodwill ambassador for women and
children’s health during the National Family Planning Consultative meeting in
Abuja yesterday.
He
noted that one of the greatest tools of development was to have a full working
force of women contributing their quota to nation building.
He
said all religious and traditional leaders were totally committed to issues of
health of the people but urged leaders to enforce education of the girl child
if development is their priority.
Earlier,
the Ooni of Ife also urged all stakeholders to make the health of women and
children a priority, lamenting that over the years many women and children had
lost their lives and continue to lose their lives because interventions do not
get to them.
He
said Nigerians should be their brothers’ keepers and provide help for those in
need, adding that the Oduduwa Foundation was presently in the forefront of
catering for women and children.
The
Under Secretary of the United Nation and the Executive Director of the United
Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Mr Babatunde Oshotimehen, said for efforts of
all stakeholders to make impact, they would need to synergize and collaborate
with one another and align themselves with government policies.
He
advised that government should take ownership and leadership of all projects
but pleaded that peace was paramount for development to be sustained.
He also emphasized the importance of protecting the adolescent girl child, saying, many girls in Nigeria marry before the age of 14.
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