Bauchi NAWOJ Celebrates 2024 International Day of the Girl Child
By Abbas Usman, Bauchi
As Bauchi State joins other states of the Federation to celebrate the 2024 International Day of the Girl Child, the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) Bauchi state chapter, has donated learning and instructional materials to Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS) Kofar Wambai, in Bauchi.
The items donated includes; textbooks, white boards, dusters and markers to improve learning process.
The theme for the 2024 International Day for the Girl Child is “Girls Vision for the Future”.
While presenting the donated items to the School Management, Hajiya Rashida Yusuf, chairperson NAWOJ in Bauchi state reiterated the commitment of the Association to advocate and promote girl child education and promote adolescent health.
She said the association would intensify sensitization campaigns on welfare and support girls to achieve their future potentials.
“NAWOJ will continue to mentor and counsel girls in various areas to support them achieve their future potentials.
“We donated these items to contribute to the development of girls in all aspects of human endeavors.
“We believe that in schools we catch them young and we encourage them to display their talents,bring out their uniqueness that will contribute to human development ,”she explained.
Appreciating the gesture,Mrs Aisha Mohammed,Vice Principal Administration of the School, said the materials would support the learning process in the school.
She commended the association for choosing GGSS, Koar Wambai for the gesture.
The Vice principal used the forum to called on NAWOJ to use its good office to organize more programmes that would enlighten the girls on various aspects of human endeavors for their purposeful future.
