MOUAU Vice Chancellor, Professor Akanwa calls for protection of girl child, as the World marks International Day of the Girl Child

The Vice Chancellor, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Professor Ursula Ngozi Akanwa has reassured the University’s responsibility to the future of girl child.

Professor Akanwa gave the assurance in a message to commemorate the International Day of the Girl Child.

Professor Akanwa, who is the first female Vice Chancellor of MOUAU, in a press release she personally endorsed, said that the voice of the girl child must be heard, her protected and her rooms given room to grow.

She called for a collective efforts to ensure that no girl child surrendered her childhood in order to secure her future..

Professor Akanwa called for more investment in girl child’s education, protection of her rights , nurturing of her confidence and preparing her for leadership.

Her words read in part:

” Let us recognize recognize that the future we desire for Nigeria will be shaped by group of people we are equipping today.

“Nigeria can not afford to lose creativity, intelligence and productive capacity of millions of girls to practices that belong to the past “, she noted.