{"id":254686,"date":"2026-10-09T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/?p=254686"},"modified":"2026-10-09T07:59:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T07:59:37","slug":"amb-bainca-odumegwu-ojukwu-celebrates-girls-on-the-occasion-of-the-celebration-of-the-international-day-of-the-girl-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/amb-bainca-odumegwu-ojukwu-celebrates-girls-on-the-occasion-of-the-celebration-of-the-international-day-of-the-girl-child\/","title":{"rendered":"AMB. BAINCA ODUMEGWU-OJUKWU CELEBRATES GIRLS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CH&hellip;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To every girl with a dream in her heart: your voice matters, your dreams are valid, and your possibilities are limitless.<\/p>\n<p>As a woman, I know that the journey may not always be easy. But never let your circumstances, society, or anyone else define the boundaries of your ambition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Learn. Dream. Dare. Lead.*<\/strong><br \/>\nTake your place with confidence, and never apologise for aspiring to greatness.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I celebrate the strength, brilliance and promise of every girl in Nigeria and across the world.<\/p>\n<p>The future needs your voice. Rise and claim your place in it.<\/p>\n<p>Happy International Day of the Girl Child. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"an1\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/fonts.gstatic.com\/s\/e\/notoemoji\/17.0\/1f49c\/72.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc9c\" data-emoji=\"\ud83d\udc9c\" aria-label=\"\ud83d\udc9c\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amb. Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu<\/strong><br \/>\nMinister of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>#<wbr \/>InternationalDayOfTheGirlChild #GirlChild #EmpowerGirls #GirlsCanLead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To every girl with a dream in her heart: your voice matters, your dreams are valid, &hellip; <a title=\"AMB. BAINCA ODUMEGWU-OJUKWU CELEBRATES GIRLS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CH&hellip;\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/amb-bainca-odumegwu-ojukwu-celebrates-girls-on-the-occasion-of-the-celebration-of-the-international-day-of-the-girl-child\/\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AMB. BAINCA ODUMEGWU-OJUKWU CELEBRATES GIRLS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE GIRL CH&hellip;<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":254699,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hmfa-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254686","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254686"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254686\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":254702,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254686\/revisions\/254702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254686"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254686"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}