Yesterday was International Children’s Day of Broadcasting.
It is a day set aside by theUnited Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF, to create awareness on issues affecting children and allow young people to be part of the programming process.
Yesterday ‘s event with the theme, “End Female Genital Mutilation now, it’s a violation of the rights of the girl child’’, affords children opportunity to talk about their dreams, hopes and issues affecting them.
In Anambra State, some Secondary Schools in Awka, the State capital, participated in the Anambra Broadcasting Service, ABS, programme which featured Miss Onyinyechi Udokwu from Saint Patrick’s College Awka, who commended ABS for playing a role in shaping lives of children in the area.
Contributing to the programme, Master Chukwuebuka Otie from National Secondary School Awka and Miss Chiamaka Ata from Saint Patrick’s College Awka said today’s event affords children the rare privilege of taking part in a programme aired on a radio station to deliberate on issues affecting them.
Speaking on the event, the Communication Officer, UNICEF field office Enugu, Dr Ijeoma Onuoha – Ogwe said UNICEF works in over one hundred and ninety countries and territories to save children’s lives, defend their rights and help them fulfill their dreams.
For a Deputy Director in the Ministry of Information and Culture, Miss Mercy Megwa Nigeria, due to her large population, has the highest number of cases of female genital mutilation worldwide, being one of the issues affecting children and which accounts for about one quarter of the estimated one hundred and fifteen to one hundred and thirty million circumcised women in the world.
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