Global girl child education icon, Malala Yusufzai, on Wednesday, July 12th met with the Vice President, Kashim Shettima, in Abuja, canvassing “complete education” for all Nigerian children.

The Nobel laureate was part of a delegation from the United Nations led by Mrs Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary-General and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group.

Malala, while speaking with newsmen after the meeting with the VP, said her message to the Nigerian government was a call for free and quality education for every child in the country.

“I would ask here in Nigeria that all governments of states, all party members commit to ensure that every child in Nigeria has access to a complete education, which includes senior secondary education; that every child has access to free and quality education and the second I ask is that we make a full financial commitment to ensure that no child is left behind in this country,” she stated.

Meanwhile, the Vice President told the UN delegation that the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government was committed to educating the girl-child to position them as key contributors to national development.

“President Bola Tinubu is fully and unequivocally committed to the girl-child education and gender empowerment initiatives,” Shettima said, according to a statement by the State House Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola.

The VP said Tinubu remained fully committed to issues of girl-child education and gender empowerment and would promote the same in the policies and programmes of the Federal Government under his watch.

Shettima pledged that, “the present administration will vigorously pursue the SDGs goals 4 and 5.”

He assured the Malala Fund of the Federal Government’s partnership with the organization for the greater good of Nigeria.

Also, Mohammed while speaking to newsmen said she was in Nigeria with Malala, whose story and influence could strengthen the campaign for girl-child education in Nigeria.

“Ten years ago, Malala made her speech at the UN. She is the UN Peace Messenger.

“This time around, she decided on her 10th anniversary she wanted to advocate for education here in this country,” she said.