A first class traditional ruler in Nasarawa State, Dr Ayuba
Audu, has advised parents against early marriage of their female children to
enable them acquire quality education.....
Audu, the Zhe Migili of Migili nation,
Nasarawa State gave the advice on Tuesday in an interview with Newsmen in
Jenkwe, Jenkwe Development Area of the state. He appealed to parents and
guardians to strive to provide high-quality education for their female wards
for the overall development of the country. The Zhe Migili cited the example of
Prof. Dinatu Iwala of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, who became the first
female professor of the Migili people to buttress his position. “Proper education
given to the girl-child as well as promoting girl-child education will help in
discouraging early child marriage as well as vices among girls,’’ he said. The
traditional ruler opined that education remained the best legacy parents and
the government could bequeath to the young children to enhance the nation’s
development. “I want to use this medium to appeal to the people of the state,
especially parents to send their female children to school in order to acquire
education because educating a girl child is like educating the whole nation.
“The importance of girl-child education cannot be over-emphasised to the
socio-economic development of the society,’’ he stressed. Audu also urged
parents to ensure proper upbringing of their children in a way that would make
them good citizens of the nation. The traditional ruler appealed to the people
of the state and Nigerians to live in peace and tolerate one another
irrespective of their ethnic, religious and political affiliations. He said
that no society could achieve any meaningful development without peace and
stability.
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