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FORCEFUL CONVERSION TO ISLAM

12th January, 2016 The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission, Garki Abuja, Nigeria. Sir, RE: LETTER OF COMPLAIN AGAINST BAUCHI STATE SHARI’AH COMMISSION, DA’AWAH ISLAMIC EDUCATION & ONE MALLAM MUSA FOR WRONGFUL CONFINEMENT & FORCEFUL CONVERSION OF13 YEARS OLD GIRLS TO ISLAM: Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI) is a Non-Governmental organization, with the sole aim of promoting access to Social Justice, Security, and Information on Crime Management & Control, Education, Rehabilitation, Conflict Resolution, Strategies alliance and to create enlightenment among members of the society on government activities. The function of the Nigeria criminal justice system, includes; rights and welfare of the marginalized vulnerable groups to ensure equal protection. PIDI is a Member; Human Rights Agenda Network (HRAN), Centre for African Human Rights (CEHURI), Coalition of Northeast Human Rights Defenders (CNHRD), Child Protection Netwo...

MALALA DAY IN AKWA IBOM STATE, NIGERIA

Eagle Builders Foundation presents MALALA DAY 2015 Malala Day is an important day to raise awareness and to help girls realize their right to education. It is a day set aside by United Nations Global Education First Initiative to support Pakistani education and right activist, MalalaYousafzai. It is a day to raise your voice in support of girl child education and government to invest more in education. Every child has the right to education. It is fundamental to all other development. Despite this right, 126 million children remain out of primary and lower secondary school around the world with Nigeria having the highest number of 10.5 million out-of-school children followed by Pakistan with 7 million. Of this number, 65 million are girls while there are 250 million children in school who are not learning due to lack of a quality education. It is also reported that some countries lose more than $1 billion a year by failing to educate girls at the same level as boys. To ...

EAGLE BUILDERS FOUNDATION SET TO LAUNCH NIGERIA EDUCATION FIRST PROJECT

EAGLE BUILDERS FOUNDATION, a non-governmental and not-for-profits organization joins campaign for Global Education First Initiative Youth Advocacy Group and calling for youth to reinforce advocacy for every child of schooling age in Nigeria to be in school. The organization make case for NIGERIA EDUCATION FIRST PROJECT (NEFP) to mobilize young people around the 36 States of Nigeria and Abuja to facilitate Free and Compulsory Education Policy in Nigeria.  The Executive Director of the organization, Ubong David frown at a report by British Broadcasting Corporation that 10 million Nigerian children are out of school while Pakistan recorded 7 million out of school children. He submitted that the report is very embarrassing and damaging considering the resources available in the country. He calls on youth leaders, activists, education communicators and policy makers to join hand in advocating for every out of school child in Nigeria to return back to school.  He submitted t...