The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has promised that UNICEF and other partners will work together to promote girl-child education.
When he hosted a group from UNICEF Abuja, Kano, and Sokoto in Sokoto, the Sultan said the organization’s girl-child education program was important for social progress.
He noted that the desired target of getting girls educated had not been realised even as he pointed out that “we are not disappointed at the speed towards ensuring mass literacy is achieved in Sokoto state”.
Sa’ad Abubakar further said a summit tagged “Keeping the girls in school” would soon be held to deepen the education of the girl.
As a result, in his farewell remarks to Mohammedeen Fall, UNICEF’s Chief of Field Office in Sokoto, the monarch stated the official, who he described as a friend and a hard worker, would be missed.
“Though he is leaving, yet he is with us in spirit because of the good relationship we share and we wish him the best,” he said.
He described the development partners as key stakeholders in shaping and making the society a beneficial place for all, saying: “Our doors are open and always ready to receive you people for your roles.”
Ms Rushnan Murtaza, UNICEF Nigeria’s Deputy Representative, and Dr. Aboubacar Kampo, Director, UNICEF Headquarters, New York, United States, both expressed gratitude for the Sultan’s contributions to development partners’ pilot projects.
“We surely and sincerely appreciate because it has greatly assisted in our years of programmes in Nigeria and Sokoto especially,” they said.
The pair, on the other hand, desired more synergy in education and health, emphasizing that the monarch’s huge influence and vision would considerably assist the country in obtaining better results.
Mr. Maulid Warfa, Ag. Chief, Field Coordination Services and Chief of UNICEF Field Office Kano; Ms. Raganai Matema, Health Manager, Sokoto Field Office; Paula, Abuja Health Section; and Mr. Samuel Kalu, the new UNICEF Information Officer, were among the UNICEF delegation.
Source: The Nations