Hajiya Lami Fintiri, wife of Adamawa State Governor on Monday presented beverages to children admitted in Amenity and maternity wards of the Specialist Hospital, Yola.
Fintiri made the presentation in commemoration of the 2021 International Day of Girl-child in Yola. International Day of Girl-child is being celebrated on October 11 since 2011.
It is a day set aside by the United Nations for promoting the right of the girls and addressing the unique challenges they face.
The theme of the 2021 celebration is “Digital Revolution: Not without Girls”.
The wife of the Governor who was represented by a 13-year-old Rabi Zakari from Government Day Secondary school old GRA Jimeta said that the presentation was part of the activity to mark the 2021 celebration.
“We the girls in Adamawa, our prayers are for Government to protect us from cases of rape and other forms of child abuse done to girls in Adamawa State.
“Adamawa schools need more female teachers and girls need separate toilets in schools.
“We need equal opportunity to access basic and quality education, please tell our parents to send us to school”, she listed.
In his remarks, Dr. Wadinga Dauda, the Chief Medical Director, Specialist Hospital, Yola who went around with the governor’s wife for the presentation commended her for her love for children.
He said that such a gesture was not for the first time as she was rendering much assistance for the patients in the hospital for a long.
In his remarks, Mr. Joel Jutum, UNICEF Education consultant said that UNICEF is doing everything possible for the girls to succeed in life.
Jutum who was represented by the team lead Hajiya Zainab Sale said that the activities were targeted at building self-consciousness in the girls, empowering them the knowledge, exposure, and skills.
He said that the objectives are to make positive changes in their lives and other girls in their respective communities using digital evolutions.
“For the 2021 celebration we trained 50 Girl-child from five LGA on digital innovation, we selected the best 10 out of them.
“Five of them were in Abuja while five were in Adamawa posted to State Assembly, First Lady’s office, Ministry of Women Affairs, Ministry of Education and State Universal Basic Education Board for the celebration.
