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December 19, 2019
The Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the Presidenton Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs has called on families to ensure thatfemale children are given equal and compulsory access to education.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on SDGs,Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, gave the advice at the official launch of the‘World’s Largest Lesson Nigeria Family Activation’ ceremony in Abuja, organisedin collaboration with World Largest Lesson Nigeria and Dean Initiative, withthe theme: “Activating Families and Communities for SDGs”.
She said that families remained a critical stakeholder forthe country’s actualisation of the SDGs by 2030, urging parents who believethat sending female children to schools was a waste of resources, to changetheir mindset.
Also, the Executive Director, Dean Initiative, MichaelSemiye, said that the event was organised to ensure that no one was left behindby 2030.
The high point of the event was the SDGs book launch forstudents in Primaries four, five and six.