Writing By Aminu Dalhatu; Editing By Godwin Duru
The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, in collaboration with the Zamfara State Media Corporation, has joined the global community to celebrate the 2025 International Day of the Girl Child by providing a platform for female students to express their thoughts on the significance of the day.
The event, held at the Zamfara State Radio studio in Gusau, brought together girls from various secondary schools to share their views on girl-child education, empowerment, and challenges affecting them.
Speaking during the celebration, the AGILE project Communications Officer in Zamfara State, Bashir Ahmad, said the day was set aside to encourage and motivate girls to pursue education to realize their full potential.
According to him, the commemoration served as a reminder to parents and guardians on the importance of enrolling their daughters in school to enable them acquire quality education.
Bashir Ahmad emphasized that such discussions are vital with a view to influencing parents’ perceptions about the education of their daughters.
He reaffirmed AGILE’s commitment to partnering media organizations to promote programs and activities that support adolescent girls’ development, particularly in the area of education.
One of the student who participated, Zainab Sadiq, expressed happiness over the commemoration, explaining that it gave them an opportunity to voice out the challenges they face and possible ways to overcome them.
“We now understand that, attending school is more beneficial because when a woman gets married, she can raise and educate her children properly,” she said.
Zainab revealed that, her ambition was to become a medical doctor to contribute meaningfully in the society and urged her peers to take their studies seriously for a better future.
Another student, Hafsa Lukman Wakili from Government Girls Secondary School, Saminaka Gusau, described education as the greatest achievement a girl can have.
Similarly another student, Aisha Abdullahi stated that her goal was to become a health worker in order to help women, especially during childbirth.
Also speaking, Mrs. Zainab Sani Mada, a teacher, said people with physical disabilities can attain great heights in life through education if given the right opportunities.
The event ended with participants reaffirming their commitment to education and calling for more awareness to encourage parents to send their daughters to school.
COV/AMINU DALHATU
