The Executive Director of UNICEF, Catherine Russell, on Friday commended the Sokoto State Government for its efforts to improve the health, education and protection of children, saying investments in children remain the surest path to securing Nigeria’s future.
Russell spoke at the Government House in Sokoto during her official visit to the state, where she toured the Rumbukawa Primary Health Centre and a Digital Village, and met with health workers, teachers, government officials, mothers and young people.
Representing Governor Ahmed Aliyu, the Deputy Governor, Idris Mohammed Gobir, welcomed the UNICEF delegation and reaffirmed the state’s commitment to strengthening its partnership with the UN agency and other development partners.
Gobir expressed appreciation to UNICEF for selecting Sokoto as one of the states on Russell’s mission to Nigeria and acknowledged the agency’s contributions to improving maternal and child health, education, and child protection across the state.
He said the Ahmed Aliyu administration
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