The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has advised Nigerian children against negative peer influences.
Oluremi Tinubu gave the charge in Abuja on Friday at the flag-off of the distribution of exercise books to public primary school pupils and junior secondary school students across the nation.
Restating that education is very vital, she said President Bola Tinubu’s administration will continue to accord it the prominence it deserves.
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“Stay in school. Do not join bad gangs, and don’t succumb to peer pressure. We will do all we can for you to get a good life,” the President’s wife was quoted in a statement by her media aide Busola Kukoyi.
“There is nothing too much to do for our children. We have started the distribution with Lagos State and today the wife of the Kogi State Governor will receive for her state.”
The First Lady urged the children to be focused on their studies, noting that the current administration will do right to ensure a good life for them an
According to her, the distribution would be an annual event through each State Universal Education Board.
The exercise which is under the Education Program of the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI) will give each state of the federation 50,000 exercise books while Kano and Lagos states will receive 100,000 exercise books due to their populations.
At the event, the Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Hamid Bobboyi applauded the First Lady for the initiative, emphasizing the importance of writing materials to the school system.
He said many State Universal Education Boards neglect this aspect of the system.
“This will go a long way in rectifying the lacuna and improving our school system This donation shows that she is committed to making the lives of children and even women too, better,” he said.
