The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, in collaboration with the Zamfara State Media Corporation, has joined the global community to celebrate the 2025 International Day of the Girl Child by providing a platform for female students to express their thoughts on the significance of the day.
The event, held at the Zamfara State Radio studio in Gusau, brought together girls from various secondary schools to share their views on girl-child education, empowerment, and challenges affecting them.
Speaking during the celebration, the AGILE project Communications Officer in Zamfara State, Bashir Ahmad, said the day was set aside to encourage and motivate girls to pursue education to realize their full potential.
According to him, the commemoration served as a reminder to parents and guardians on the importance of enrolling their daughters in school to enable them to acquire quality education, which is the foundation for a better society.
Bashir Ahmad emphasized that, such discussions are vital with a view to influence parents’ perceptions about the education of their daughters for prosperous community.
He reaffirmed AGILE’s commitment to continue partnering media organizations to promote programs and activities that support adolescent girls’ development perticulerly in the area of education.
One of the student participated, Zainab Sadiq, expressed happiness over the commemoration, explaining that, it gave them an opportunity to voice out the challenges they face and possible ways to overcome them.
She stressed that, education played a vital role in shaping their future, lamented that, many girls still prefer staying at home than going to school.
“We now understand that, attending school is more beneficial because when a woman gets married, she can raise and educate her children properly,” she said.
Zainab revealed that, her ambition was to become a Medical Doctor to contribute meaningfully in the society and she urged her peers to take their studies seriously for a better future.
Another student, Hafsa Lukman Wakili from Government Girls Secondary School, Saminaka Gusau, described education as the greatest achievement a girl can have.
She emphasized that, education would definitely benefits her, her family, and the entire society.
Similarly another student, Aisha Abdullahi stated that her goal was to become a health worker in order to help women, especially during childbirth.
While Hauwa’u Abdurrahman narrated that, girl-child education is a form of empowerment that helps girls realize their God-given potential.
Also speaking, Mrs. Zainab Sani Mada, a teacher, said that people with physical disabilities can attain great heights in life through education, like anyone else, if given the right opportunities.
The event ended with participants reaffirming their commitment to education and calling for more awareness to encourage parents to send their daughters to school.
