Yakubu Busari
The Minister for Women Affairs Mrs Pauline Tallen has said, the Federal government condemned in its totality the issue of girl child education and infant mortality which is ravaging the country.
Mrs Tallen in an interactive session with the correspondent Chapel on Sunday at Atiku Abubakar close Rayfield, Jos, lauded the ministries collaborating in tackling the plight of women in Nigeria.
The Minister explained that her ministry and other ministries are carrying out advocacy on infant mortality, empowerment of women, and political participation of women is to reduce poverty and discouragement of early marriage amongst girl child education in the world.
Mrs Pauline noted that these are things women display as other African countries have done, development will progress and we will be proud that we had a successful mission education is power.
She said, “communication is key and power, we have embark on advocacy on the girl child education, we are still within the 16 days activism against gender based violence and rape”.
According to her, “the program kicked off on the 25th of November 2019 and it will be ending next tomorrow 10th November 2019 and it will not end at that, the UN has given 16 days for active participation and advocacy so that the world will know that we are say,” No to Rape, Domestic Violence, and any form of violence against women and children in Nigeria “.
Mrs Pauline Taller maintained that “this will continue until we have a health and peaceful society and that’s why since on the 25th, we have been on Orange because orange is the colour that makes us stand to say NO and we are appealing to all of you Publishers, Journalists to help us drum this message so that we can have a health, stable and peaceful society were the dignity of womanhood and that of her children are protected”.
She described that all men are born of a woman, and we all either have Mothers, wife’s, Sisters or Daughters and if we respect the woman.
Tallen stressed that, ” we are building a healthy society because a woman or the girl child is Tomorrows mother and if she is well educated, she will ensure her children are educated, the family is well catered for health wise, so educating the girl child has a multiplier effect likewise empowering the girl child”.
The Minister added that; so, if we want the 17 SDG goals to really reach its desired mission, the woman has to be in the center of everything.
I thank you all for the good work you are doing by helping us spread the news, and I pray we will partner more. My doors are open, I will do everything possible to ensure we work together to support you so that we can get this message right to the grass roots
