{"id":16934,"date":"2025-09-09T07:26:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/?p=16934"},"modified":"2025-09-09T07:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:26:44","slug":"first-lady-urges-stronger-national-action-to-protect-schools-on-international-day-to-protect-education-from-attack-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/2025\/09\/09\/first-lady-urges-stronger-national-action-to-protect-schools-on-international-day-to-protect-education-from-attack-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"First Lady Urges Stronger National Action to Protect Schools on International Day to Protect Education from Attack 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, has emphasized the need for stronger, collective efforts to protect education from attack, as the world marks the <\/span><span class=\"s3\">International Day to Protect Education from Attack 2025<\/span><span class=\"s2\"> today, September 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">In a statement released to commemorate the day, themed <\/span><span class=\"s3\">\u201cChallenging Narratives, Reshaping Action,\u201d<\/span><span class=\"s2\">the First Lady said the observance goes beyond rhetoric and requires concrete action to secure schools, especially in vulnerable regions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cEducation is the foundation of hope, and safeguarding it means securing our future,\u201d Tinubu noted, stressing that while Nigeria\u2019s security agencies are making commendable efforts, the task of protecting schools must remain a shared national priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">She also commended international organizations, including UNICEF, UNESCO, and the Education Above All Foundation, for their continuous efforts in advancing child education globally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The International Day to Protect Education from Attack, established by the United Nations in 2020, draws global attention to the plight of millions of children affected by armed conflicts, insecurity, and deliberate attacks on schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">\u201cOn this day, I call on all stakeholders to move beyond words and take stronger action to safeguard education,\u201d the First Lady added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria\u2019s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, CON, has emphasized the need for stronger, collective efforts to protect education from attack,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16934","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\/16934","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=16934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16936,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16934\/revisions\/16936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenewsnow.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}