In days to come, the school children and Staff members of Local Education Authority Primary School (LEA) Jahi, a suburb in Abuja will still be talking about the sensitization visit to their school by members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria, Abuja Branch.
To commemorate the Day of the Girl Child which is celebrated the world over on the 11th of October, the branch led by its Chairperson, Ms. Chibuzo M. Nwosu, took its campaign to the school.
The Assistant Head Teacher, Mrs. Hauwa Mohammed Bature who received the team expressed her excitement over the choice of their school for the visit.
While introducing the mandate of FIDA, the Chairperson intimated the female pupils on their right to education and protection from all forms of sexual abuse with reference to key provisions of the Child Rights Act 2003.
Also, FIDA Abuja Publicity Secretary, Olosen Victoria Ibiezugbe, who urged the pupils to aspire for greatness charged the girls to be self-aware and swiftly report any form of molestation or abuse to their parents or school authority.
Bringing the exercise to an end, Ms. Nwosu advised the girls to take their education seriously and report any act of molestation or sexual abuse to the school authority. The Assistant Head Teacher appreciated FIDA for the enlightenment, adding that she equally learnt a lot owing to the day’s encounter with FIDA.
Likewise, the branch in collaboration with the Gwagwalada branch of FIDA marked the Day at the Palace of the Aguma of Gwagwalada, H.R.H. Alhaji Muhammad Magaji.
The event was attended by the wife of the Aguma of Gwagwalada Hajiya Fatima Magaji, women in the community, members of the two branches led by the Chairperson FIDA Abuja Chibuzo M Nwosu and the Vice Chairperson of FIDA Gwagwalada, Dr. Joy Mgbeokwere.
Introducing the mandate of FIDA, Vice Chairperson FIDA Gwagwalada, Dr. Joy Mgbeokwere, told the women about the need to educate the girl child, shun child marriage/betrothal, female genital mutilation and other forms of sexual abuse with the Vice Chairperson of FIDA Abuja, Francisca Akaniro Opara interpreting the message in Hausa language.
She further urged the women to pay close attention to their female children in order to check untoward behaviours and signs of sexual abuse in their wards.
To wrap up the event, both branches made donations of bags of grain and other essentials to the women.
