Nigerian Actress, Mercy Johnson, Harps on Education for 'the' Girl Child

Nigerian actress, Mercy Johnson, has implored the populace especially women in all sectors to empower and enlighten girls in Nigeria stressing that education is a sine-qua-non.

Johnson speaking at a programme organized by the United States Consulate General Lagos for high school girls, with the theme, "No Girl Left Behind," hammered on the need for commitment to girls education including sex education in schools.

Her words, "Education is a major solution for most of the problems that we face and education doesn't have to be formal it could still be informal, that way it would give them a better projection on what to expect from life and not be caught off guard.

So for every authorizing strong woman out there who wants the good for the girl child, I want to challenge them to broaden the education of these girls, create more exposure and positively communicate with them so that the growing girl child will understand what people stand for and what we stand for as women."

"We should be celebrating a milestone of more workshops, more growth, more education.

The earlier they get to know what they stand for as a gender, the better it is for us as a nation. For me, I define feminism, I define being a woman as strength, that's what we stand for, we're strong, we stand the storm and wink at it, she added."

Source: eagleee.com