{"id":77002,"date":"2025-10-21T14:29:37","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=77002"},"modified":"2025-10-21T14:32:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T14:32:25","slug":"shettima-hands-over-to-14-year-old-girl-as-vice-president-for-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/10\/21\/shettima-hands-over-to-14-year-old-girl-as-vice-president-for-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Shettima Hands Over to 14-Year-Old Girl as Vice President for a Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a symbolic gesture celebrating girl-child education and empowerment, Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday handed over his office for one day to 14-year-old Joy Ogah, a passionate advocate for girls\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, underscored the Tinubu administration\u2019s commitment to education, gender equality, and youth inclusion in governance.<\/p>\n<p>During her brief but inspiring tenure as Vice President for a Day, Ogah delivered a stirring message calling for inclusive education, protection of girls\u2019 rights, and improved access to sanitation, nutrition, and safety in schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen girls are protected, peace becomes possible,\u201d she declared to loud applause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI may be Vice President for a day, but the struggles I represent cannot end in a day, they must continue in our policies, classrooms, and budgets,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Shettima commended Ogah\u2019s courage and reaffirmed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s commitment to expanding educational opportunities for girls.<\/p>\n<p>He also praised First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu as a strong advocate for women\u2019s empowerment and education, recalling her consistent efforts in the Senate to promote gender equality.<\/p>\n<p>The event was part of a courtesy visit by PLAN International Nigeria, led by its Country Director, Helen Mfonobong Idiong.<\/p>\n<p>The organization has supported over 11 million Nigerian children through interventions in education, health, and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>Ogah\u2019s one-day leadership experience, participants noted, symbolizes hope for a future where every Nigerian girl can dream, lead, and make a difference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado In a symbolic gesture celebrating girl-child education and empowerment, Vice President Kashim Shettima on Monday handed over his office for one day to 14-year-old Joy Ogah, a passionate advocate for girls\u2019 rights. The ceremony, held at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, underscored the Tinubu administration\u2019s commitment to education, gender equality, and youth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":77004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172,186],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-77002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","category-politics","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77002"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77003,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77002\/revisions\/77003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}