{"id":6227,"date":"2021-08-29T16:09:45","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T16:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/?p=6227"},"modified":"2021-08-29T16:10:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T16:10:08","slug":"akaranoye-sees-aisha-buhari-cup-as-platform-to-secure-future-for-girl-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onwardnews24.com\/akaranoye-sees-aisha-buhari-cup-as-platform-to-secure-future-for-girl-child\/","title":{"rendered":"Akaranoye sees Aisha Buhari Cup as platform to secure future for girl-child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Regina Akaraonye, assistant coach of Nigeria women’s league champions, Rivers Angels, believed the Aisha Buhari Invitational Women\u2019s Football Tournament will provide a medium that will guarantee an assured future for the girl-child in Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Akaraonye, who is a former Nigerian international said the six-nation football showpiece with its theme Playing For Good under the Aisha Buhari Foundation\u2019s Future Assured Programme, is a laudable project with the grain to further empower the girl-child, take her away from the streets and permanently shield her\u00a0from anti-social vices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cIt\u2019s a big honour being done to women and the girl-child in Nigeria and Africa by the First Lady of Nigeria, Dr. (Mrs) Aisha Buhari with the upcoming invitational tournament in Lagos, Nigeria.
\u201cMrs Aisha Buhari\u2019s Future Assured Programme is all about the women and girl-child and this Aisha Buhari Cup is going to be a game-changer for the women and girl-child in Africa. I have to say this: the introduction of women football into our lives and Nigeria has helped a lot to take away the girl-child from the streets and other vices. Today we have educated ones among them still playing football and most of the women footballers are bread-winners of their respective families.
\u201cI appeal to parents to see what the First Lady is doing in her foundation and the Aisha Buhari Cup as a wake-up call on them to allow their children especially the girl-child to participate in football and other sports. It will not stop them from studying or realising their conjugal obligations and other potentials,\u201d said Akaraonye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n