By Theresa Moses
United Nations Children’s Fund, (UNICEF), has tasked journalists to work on data driven stories and reports that highlight challenges faced by, and other opportunities available to children in Nigeria.
This, it says would aid the understanding and trigger action from those who can take decisions, influence policies in favour of children.
Communication Officer, UNICEF, Blessing Ejiofor, stated this in her address on Thursday, 13th October, 2022 during a two-day media dialogue on the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster (MICS 6) data, organised by the National Orientation Agency, (NOA), Lagos State in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF held at the Kakanfo Conference Centre, Ibadan, Oyo State.
According to her, the objective of the workshop is to share with the media the result of most recent survey which would assist them to report and analyse the situation of children and women in South-West Nigeria in an informed and accurate way on child rights issues with a view to convincing the public and trigger actions to bridge existing gaps.
In the same vein, the Director National Orientation Agency, (NOA), Lagos, Dr. Waheed Isola, while welcoming participants, urged them to pay attention to data so as to be armed with accurate facts and figures needed in the reportage of issues affecting children and women in the society.
Representatives of the National Bureau of Statistics were also present.
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