Pakistani rights activist for girl-child education and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, was Monday received by Nigeria’s Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa.
The 20-year-old activist arrived at the Presidential villa accompanied by her father Yousafzai and other members of the Malala Foundation.
Malala first visited Nigeria in July 2014, to campaign for the release of abducted Chibok schoolgirls shortly after their abduction by the Boko Haram insurgents at Chibok Secondary School in Bornu state, North East Nigeria.
In her meeting with Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, Malala urged the declaration of state of emergency in the education sector
She said: “It was a very good meeting. We had a fruitful discussion with His Excellency, the Acting President.
“I highlighted the need to scale up education, that the government should declare a state of emergency in education because education of girls and boys in Nigeria is important.
“The federal, state and local governments need to be united on this,” she added