By Johnson Eyiangho
The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), said on Tuesday it would partner the Nigerian Army in peace building process in the North East as normalcy gradually returns to the zone.
NAWOJ National President, Mrs Ifeyinwa Omowole said this in Maiduguri, when she led executive members of the association on a courtesy visit to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai.
The zone had since 2009 been tormented by the Boko Haram terrorists group and lately Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP).
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Omowole said NAWOJ would soon embark on a campaign to sensitise people of the zone on the need to educate the girl-child.
She said statistics had shown that Borno was the lowest in the country in girl-child enrolment , a situation which had been made worse by the kidnap of school girls…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
