Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday received Pakistani rights activist for girl-child education and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai at the Presidential Villa.
The 20-year-old Malala, who was accompanied by her father Yousafzai and other members of the Malala Foundation, arrived at the presidential villa at about 5.30 p.m.
The young female activist survived gunshots on her head by the Taliban for campaigning for girl-child education in Pakistan.
She visited Nigeria in July, 2014, to campaign for the release of abducted Chibok schoolgirls, meeting with then President Goodluck Jonathan and parents of the more than 230 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls.
Malala urged the declaration of state of emergency in the education sector
She said: “It was a very good meeting. We had a fruitful discussion with His Excellency, the Acting President.
“I highlighted on the need to scale up education, that the government should declare a state of emergency in education because education of girls and boys in Nigeria is important.
“The federal, state and local governments need to be united on this.” she added
According to her, she also spoke on the child right act.
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