
Children’s Day 2024 Celebration at Onayade Primary School
We celebrated Children’s Day 2024 with the exceptional pupils of Onayade Primary School. This special event was led by the dedicated Mrs. Nnenna Nwokobia, head of the project committee, and supported by representatives from our esteemed collaborative partners at IDR Memorial Foundation.
Our inspirational champion, Fidan Ngozi Arinze, conducted an enlightening sensitization session, empowering the children with knowledge about their rights as enshrined in the Constitution and the Child Rights Act.
Together, we are building a brighter future for these incredible young minds.






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FIDA Nigeria Empowers Paralegals in FCT with Essential Training Supported by ActionAid Nigeria
FIDA Nigeria, in collaboration with ActionAid Nigeria through the Women Voice and Leadership initiative, recently conducted a comprehensive two-day training for Paralegals hailing from Kuje, AMAC, and Bwari Area Councils in the Federal Capital Territory. The intensive sessions centered around Local Fundraising/Resource Mobilization and Stakeholder Mapping, equipping participants with crucial skills for sustainable community impact.
Throughout the training, attendees delved into the intricacies of fundraising, resource acquisition strategies, and the art of building strong relationships with stakeholders. The aim? To fortify the operations of paralegal clinics within their respective communities, ensuring greater efficacy and longevity.
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FIDA Nigeria Condemns Political Exploitation of Girls’ Rights and Welfare
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Nigeria has observed with mixed-feelings, some developments arising from the ill-advised plans of the Speaker of the Niger State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, to sponsor a mass marriage of 100 poor orphan girls whose parents were lost to banditry attacks in Maringa Local Government Area, Niger State.
While marriage is noble, and any humanitarian gesture that seeks to support or promote the noble institution is commendable, such acts or intentions must be in compliance with due respect for the fundamental rights of either or both parties to the planned union.
The case of these poor orphans becomes even more delicate and deserves the utmost sensibility and responsibility in devising altruistic gestures that preserve and protect their constitutional rights to compulsory education and respect for the dignity of their persons. The offer of sponsorship of a mass marriage in this instance smacks of poor observance of any respect for the dignity of the young girls, and may pose a threat that hampers their right to compulsory education or acquisition of other vital vocational or professional skills that are necessary to equip them in leading dignified, purposeful, resourceful and fulfilling lives.
FIDA Nigeria heartily commends the Honourable Minister of Women Affairs, Hon. Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, for her prompt intervention in condemning the plans and also commend the grant of an injuction by the Federal High Court, Niger State, against the ill-contrived mass-marriage plans. This twin developments will greatly serve in bolstering the confidence of the citizenry in the sincerity of government, and the readiness of the court to wield its powers, towards protecting and upholding the rights of vulnerable Nigerians.
Though the wise step of the Rt. Hon. Speaker in heeding good counsel by rescinding the mass marriage sponsorship plan is noted, it is hoped that this sad episode serves to advise public office holders, and the general public, on vital informed considerations that should guide any actions or intentions on matters that affect the rights and wellbeing of children and vulnerable persons.
FIDA Nigeria wishes to clearly distance itself from the unauthorized Press Release purportedly issued by the Chairperson and Secretary of its Niger State branch, and firmly place on record that as a non-partisan, non-religious and non-cultural organization, it shall continue to discharge its mandate of protecting, promoting and preserving the rights and interests of women and children without cowering to any political expediency.
It is hoped that the resolved plans by the Honourable Minister and the Honourable Speaker to collaborate towards empowering the young girls is followed through and FIDA Nigeria will be monitoring to observe developments in this regard.
This episode reiterates the importance of our collective duty to hold all persons in positions of trust to accountability, and how such efforts yield gradual successes that ultimately contribute to building a future that meets our aspirations. Kudos to all persons of good conscience who have lent a voice to the respect and protection of the vulnerable, who like everyone else, is entitled to a life of dignity.
Signed
Amina Suzanah Agbaje
Country Vice/National President
FIDA Nigeria