Letter to the Nigerian Singing stars on African child day

[Augustine Togonu-Bickersteth]

Dear Nigerian mega stars and singing stars
e ki se omode mo. do something for Nigerian kids and African kids.
e ki se omode mo
on this day June 16 2023,the the day of the African child I want to reflect on your ostentatious lifestyles because you are Africans.
we africans have always been our brother keepers and sisiters keepers too. so the word MBUNTU.meaning I am because you are . or like the SINGING STAR of note once quipped, YOU RISE BY LIFTING OTHERS. THE AFRICAN CHILD, THE NIGERIAN CHILD has never had it so bad.
20,milion nigerian childen out of school, 50 per cent into child labour including SLAVERY ,many suffering from malnutrution, and ailments like Diabetes, Cancer ,kidney problem ,heart disease and even preventable blindness .
Mega stars singing stars you are citizens of the poverty capital of the world. you should perhaps think more as to how you can use your wealth and influence to transform nigeria positively. To eradicate poverty. you do not do that by importing obscenely expensive cars.
e ki se omode mo ,Here is some work for you :bridge the access to quality learning opportunities, UNICEF and the Federal Ministry of Education launched the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) last year, an online, mobile, and offline digital learning platform powered by Microsoft that enables continuous access to 15,000 curriculum aligned learning and training materials in local languages for learners, teachers, and parents.It is highly flexible and adaptable, allowing states, schools, teachers, parents, and other users to adapt it easily and quickly as their learning management system in school, for homework support and to ensure continuity of learning when schools are closed in emergency contexts The NLP is inclusive enough to bridge the digital divide because of the availability of an offline module that allows for deployment in rural and hard-to-reach environments where there is no access to the internet. To this end, UNICEF has provided 780 schools in hard-to-areas and rural schools with 13,500 tablets, 1,000 smart rechargeable projectors and 780 Airtel internet routers. Connectivity has been enabled for 186 schools through a partnership with IHS towers and data costs removed through the whitelisting of the NLP on an Airtel SIM card. So far, since its inception, the Nigeria Learning Passport has provided access to quality teaching and learning resources to 280,000 learners, teachers, parents and young people.  #unicef #childrights

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