The Office of the First Lady of Nigeria has addressed the social media circulation of a video showing student chants during her recent visit to Delta State, emphasizing the need for fairness and understanding in handling the matter.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred on <\/span>March 25, 2025<\/span>, at the <\/span>Dome Event Centre in Asaba<\/span>, during the <\/span>Renewed Hope Initiative\u2019s donation of 10,000 professional kits to midwives in the South-South zone<\/span>. The program was aimed at <\/span>motivating midwives across the nation to reduce infant and maternal mortality<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n In a statement signed by <\/span>Busola Kukoyi, Senior Special Assistant on Media to the First Lady<\/span>, the office expressed gratitude for the <\/span>warm reception from the Delta State Government, the people of Delta State, midwives, nurses, women groups, and student nurses<\/span> at the event.<\/span><\/p>\n However, attention has been drawn to a <\/span>clip from the event showing students of the Delta State College of Nursing Sciences engaging in a playful chant<\/span> while welcoming the First Lady. The statement acknowledged that the students expressed themselves in a \u201c<\/span>spontaneous and jovial manner<\/span>\u201d and noted reports that some students have since received <\/span>queries from their institution over the chants<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n While respecting the right of institutions to uphold discipline, the First Lady\u2019s Office emphasized the <\/span>importance of creating a safe space for student expression while maintaining decorum<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe First Lady\u2019s visit was intended to inspire and uplift healthcare professionals, and it is our hope that this event remains a positive and motivating experience for all involved,\u201d the statement read.<\/span><\/p>\n The Office of the First Lady further urged the <\/span>Delta State College of Nursing Sciences to handle the situation with fairness and understanding<\/span>, ensuring that students continue to thrive in an environment that promotes both discipline and free expression.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Office of the First Lady of Nigeria has addressed the social media circulation of a video showing student chants<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13208,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-from-the-grassroots"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13259,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13258\/revisions\/13259"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13208"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}