Oyo govt restates support for girl-child initiativesOYO State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Rahman Abiodun Abdul-Raheem, has restated the government’s support for girl-child initiatives.
The commissioner stated this when the team from Global Youth Leadership and Girl-child Foundation (GYLGF), a non-governmental organisation, led by its founder, Dr Adepeju Oti, visited him at the Ministry of Education, Oyo State Secretariat, Ibadan, recently.
Abdul-Raheem, while addressing the team, decried the absence of mentors for young people. This he said had given room for negative influences on the young people.
He said: “If children, especially the female ones, have good mentors who will take children under their wings, these children will grow up to be morally sound adults who will influence the society for good and reverse the moral decadence in the society.”
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He, therefore, pledged the state government’s support for GYLGF’s initiatives which are geared towards helping the girl-child to achieve lofty ambitions through GYLGF’s mentorship programmes and Raising Girls Ambition (RAGA) seminars, among others.
Dr Oti said that GYLGF was committed to improving the lot of the girl-child and sought the collaboration of the state government on its initiatives including the Annual RAGA international interdisciplinary conference, debate, quiz and essay competition, RAGA Ambassadors Club in schools to provide leadership training for boys and girls, Global Career Mentorship Programme, career summit and gender sensitisation workshops.
The commissioner said the government would collaborate with GYLGF on the above programmes while commending Dr Oti and her team for being consistent over the years in tackling the problems facing the girl-child in the society.
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