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Females in Nigeria have a basic human right to be educated, and this right has been recognized since the year 1948 adoption of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR) [1] According to a report in 2014, female education has an important impact on the development of a stable, prosperous and healthy nation state resulting in active, productive and empowered citizens. [2]
University Press plc (UPPLC) is Nigeria's largest indigenous book publisher. It was founded as the Nigerian branch of the British Oxford University Press [1] in 1949 with the name Oxford University Press (OUP), Nigeria. At incorporation [2] as a public liability company in 1978, the company's name was changed to University Press Limited. [3]
(ed.) Nigerian women and development. Ibadan, Nigeria: Ibadan University Press, 1988. Bibliographical survey of sources for early Yoruba language and literature studies, 1820–1970. Ibadan: Ibadan University Press, 2001. A break in the silence : a historical note on Lt. Colonel Victor Adebukunola Banjo. Ibadan: Spectrum Books Ltd, 2001.
Oreoluwa Somolu Lesi is a Nigerian social entrepreneur and UK-trained economist and information technology expert.She is the founder and executive director of Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC), a non-profit organisation that empowers women and girls socially and economically through education in Information technology. [1]
The Women's Technology Empowerment Centre (W.TEC) is a non-profit organization that provides technology education for women and girls in Nigeria. [1] [2] W.TEC offers services and programs including mentoring, training, technology camps, awareness campaigns, collaborative projects, and research and publication in order to empower women. [3] [4]
In a bid to improve female education in girls, the UNICEF initiated some projects in Nigeria. one of them is The Girls’ Education Project initiated through a Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2004 between the United Nations Children's Fund and the United Kingdom Department for International Development. [75] The Girls ...
Comprehensive Institute of Management and Technology; Damson Institute of Management and Technology; Flying Dove Institute of Information Technology; Global Institute of Commerce and Technology, Gwarinpa; NAOWA Institute of Management and Technology; National Centre for Women Development, Abuja [4]
The current step by the Jorno, Jigawa, and Sokoto State governments in an effort to educate the almajiris is a step in the right direction which if extended to the education of women by other northern states governors will algo along way in maximizing the rate of inequality experienced by girl-child education. [119]