The Office of the Wife of the Edo State Governor in collaboration with the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, has unveiled the Godwin Obaseki’s Girls’ Club, which will operate in all secondary schools across the state, as part of renewed efforts at promoting women empowerment.
Addressing participants which include female secondary school students drawn from the 18 local government areas of the state, at the 2018 Festival of the Girl Child, in Benin City, the State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Philip Shaibu, noted that no society with plans to achieve inclusive growth and development can undermined the role of the girl-child.
The deputy governor unveiled the Junior and Senior Girl Child Ambassadors who will serve as role models to young girls in the state, while two female students got scholarships for their outstanding performances.
Shaibu, who was…
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