First Lady Aisha Buhari has called for the protection of the girl-child on her return to social media.
Mrs Buhari has not been seen in the country since the completion of Hajj in August.
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Her absence from public space has sparked rumours that President Muhammadu Buhari is planning to take another wife.
However, in a tweet on Friday to commemorate the International Day of the Girl-Child, she stressed the need for parents to protect their children from all forms of violence and abuse.
“Today, I join millions of girls around the world to celebrate this year’s International Day of the Girl-child, the theme for this year’s celebration is ‘GirlForce: Unscripted and Unstoppable,’” she tweeted.
Aisha expressed appreciation for the progress made on the advocacy by women groups on the need to protect their folk against all forms of gender-based violence.
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“I am happy to note the progress that has been made in the area of activism by girls to protect their gender. I want to state that more needs to be done especially to address gender-based violence which seems to be more pronounced recently and all hands must be on deck to achieve this,” she wrote.
The International Day of the Girl-Child, which was declared by the United Nations was first celebrated on October 11, 2012.
