Be Agents of Social Change, Anani Tasks Girls

The coordinator, Office of the First Lady successful Edo State, Mrs Edesili Okpebholo Anani, has called connected girls to clasp enactment and go agents of alteration successful their communities arsenic the satellite marks the ‘International Day of the Girl-child.’

She made the telephone during a peculiar interactive league with selected pistillate students from secondary schools crossed Edo State, held successful Government House, Benin City.

The event, organised by Edo State authorities successful collaboration with BeLiEF and Care Foundation, a favored task of Her Excellency, had arsenic its theme, “The Girl I Am, The Change I Lead: Girls connected the Frontlines of Crisis.”

Anani noted that the taxable resonates with the SHINE Agenda of Governor Monday Okpebholo, which prioritises inclusive improvement and empowerment.

She added that the ‘Pad-A-Girl’ inaugural would beryllium extended to agrarian areas to guarantee that each miss successful Edo State has entree to prime acquisition and capable healthcare.

She advised girls to instrumentality complaint and pb with confidence, compassion and courageousness to signifier a brighter aboriginal for themselves and their communities.

The president of the Edo State Senior Secondary Education Board (SSEB), Dr Maureen Ekhoragbon, encouraged the students to stay focused and instrumentality their studies seriously, portion the peculiar advisor to the politician connected Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Ms. Sally Suleiman, emphasised that mentorship plays a captious relation successful grooming aboriginal leaders.

In a goodwill message, an advocator for sex diverseness successful technology, Cynthia Udoh, admonished the pupil to instrumentality deliberate steps toward idiosyncratic growth, stressing that “preparation meets accidental done diligence and hard work.”

Students from Ugiomo Secondary School, Idia College, Army Day Secondary School, Asoro Grammar School, Ebomisi Senior Secondary School and Evbareke Senior Secondary School, participated successful the session.

One of the students from Idia College, Igbinovia Osagioduwa, expressed gratitude to Mrs Anani for celebrating girls connected the International Day of the Girl-child, appreciating the designation of girls’ value connected the peculiar day.

Highlights of the lawsuit included the presumption of souvenirs to participants and a radical photograph session.