Teach Young Girls the Ijaw Culture, Esther Boro Charges Parents
Dame Esther Boro, Head of the Bayelsa State Liaison Office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), has charged parents to teach their children the Ijaw culture in order to preserve it for future generations.
Dame Boro gave this charge when members of the Dise Ogbise Foundation (DO Foundation) paid her a courtesy visit in Yenagoa.
According to her, many children today cannot speak the Ijaw language and are unfamiliar with the cultural practices that make the Ijaw nation unique.
She urged the foundation to take up advocacy and campaigns for the restoration and promotion of the Ijaw language and culture among children.
Speaking on the training and empowerment of young girls in the region, Dame Boro explained that the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme is ready to partner with the foundation to support its initiatives.
She praised the founder, Barrister Dise Ogbise Goddy-Harry, for coming up with such a laudable project, describing it as one that would positively impact the region. She added that the initiative would help build the capacity of young girls and women, ultimately leading to their economic empowerment.
Earlier, Barrister Dise Ogbise Goddy-Harry, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the DO Foundation, said the visit was to inform Dame Boro about the foundation’s forthcoming activities to mark this year’s International Day of the Girl Child.
She stated that the foundation is seeking the support and sponsorship of the Presidential Amnesty Programme to train 200 girls in farming and digital technology across the Niger Delta region.
Barrister Goddy-Harry further noted that this is the second edition of the programme and expressed the foundation’s intention to scale up the initiative to accommodate more girls, following the huge success recorded during the pilot project.
