The Youth Empowerment Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has empowered school girls across the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) on self-reliance and networking through its quiz competition.
The Programme Manager of the foundation, Mrs Tolulope Osoba, who was speaking on the sideline of the competition in Abuja on Thursday said there was need to impact the lives of a girl child for national prosperity.
According to her, the competition is among various participating schools in the FCT to ensure that their worth is built as well network among themselves.
”The programme is a girl empowerment project, which was started by the Standard Chartered Bank in India and is aimed to improve the lives of young girls.
”The programme is going on in 30 countries of the world which enable young girls to realise who they are and help them to achieve whatever dreams they have for themselves.
”The government has a role to play in balancing gender equality by trying to give the female a chance to display their creativity in the society,” she said.
Osoba said that the 2022 edition of the programme witnesed competition from nine different schools in the FCT.
She listed the schools as the Junior Secondary School (JSS) in Mpape, Nyanya, Area 11, Area 1 , Pyakasa, Kubwa1, Dutse, Life Camp and Kubwa.
She, therefore, called on parents and government to pay adequate attention to the education of girls so they could grow to become better citizens and representatives of their country anywhere in the world.
” The first socialisation a child gets is from the home which will portray the attitude of the child in the society, so the parent must inculcate discipline to their children where necessary,” she said.
The programme which witnessed quiz competition in various fields had girls from the nine schools jostling for prizes.
However, girls from JSS Nyanya came top in the competition list while JSS Area 1 and JSS Mpape came second and third positions respectively.
Speaking, Hajaratu Salami, a JSS 2 student of JSS Nyanya said she was elated at her announcement as the overall best.
Salami, who said she had been preparing for the competition in the last four months, said she would not relent as she was determined to also make her school proud in the next edition of the competition.
She called on the government at all levels to take very crucial step on education of Nigerians irrespective of sex, tribe or religion. (NAN)
