Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl-child education
campaigner, who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, has called on
Boko Haram terrorists to free the abducted Chibok school girls.
The News Agency of
Nigeria reports that Malala, who commenced a three-day visit to Nigeria on
Saturday, celebrated her 17th birthday in Abuja at a dinner held in her honour
at Transcorp Hilton hotel. She spoke exclusively to NAN after the dinner that
ended at about 10.40 p.m.“On my 17th birthday my wish is to see every child go
to school and I want to see my Nigerian sisters being released from their
abduction and I want them to be free to go to school and continue their
education,” she said .
Malala was
accompanied to the dinner by her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai and members of
Malala Fund, including Shiza Shahid, the 25-year old founder of the
organisation.
A 32-man guest list
at the event included members of civil society organisations and
representatives of international organisations in Nigeria such as USAID, DFID,
British Council and DFID.
The Managing Director
of NAN, Ima Niboro, presented a birthday card and flowers to Malala on behalf
of President Goodluck Jonathan.“Thank you Malala for coming to Nigeria, Mr.
President personally signed this card, he shares your vision, your dreams and
your ambitions and he is happy that you are here,” Niboro told Malala.
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