Minister commends CAMFED for championing girl-child education
Nana Oye Lithur, Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, has commended the Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED), a non-governmental organization (NGO), for contribution to girl-child education in Ghana.
She said CAMFED has paid school fees and provided books and bags for girls from poor homes, to enable them to attend school.
Nana Lithur made the remarks at the graduation of 1,317 girls, who had completed Senior High School in the Northern Region, through the sponsorship of the NGO, at Nyankpala on Wednesday.
They would be sensitized to boast their confidence and self-esteem for higher laurels.
Nana Lithur said women were positive agents of change and advised beneficiaries of CAMFED to work hard to achieve excellence and overcome challenges.
“You must not only be agents of change for yourselves but you must be involved in community activities to effect change for society”, she said.
Nana Lithur said the Ministry for Gender, Children and Social Protection, would fight against obnoxious cultural practices that retarded the progress of women.
She said the Ministry was lobbying to ensure that more women were appointed as District Chief Executives, to give more women the opportunity to participate in the governance of this country.
Mrs. Delores Dickson, Executive Director of CAMFED-Ghana, said the NGO sought to ensure that more girls acquired education.
She said education was a paramount tool for positive change and note that “education changes everything”.
Mrs Dickson observed that Africa has a large population of youth that needed to take advantage of education and develop their talents.
Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini, Deputy Northern Regional Minister, urged the youth to develop pursue education for progress despite the historical educational and developmental imbalances created by the colonial administration.
He noted that NGOs had played immeasurable role in the education of some youth in the northern parts of the country, and said “you have been entrusted with a huge responsibility and you dare not fail”.
Source: GNA