Abuja – The Association of Nigerian –American Professionals in Nigeria (ANAPIN), said it has unveiled plans to support the education of girls and children in the enclave of Boko Haram North East of Nigeria.
The association’s president, Emmnuel Okoro, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the association is poised to bring relief to the affected children in the area.
“In the area of education development, ANAPIN is set to play a role to partners with some U.S. based organisations to bring about relief for the children from that zone.
“So we have a project that we are doing in collaboration with the former Consular- General of the U.S. Ambassador Parker Hudson.
“This project is looking for ways ANAPIN can assist in taking girls from the North east to the U.S. for formal education.
“We also want to bring our experience to bear in helping them,” he said.
He said that the association would assist girls in the Internally Displaced Person’s (IDP) camps in Nigeria and also see how to assist children in the area to have better education.
“We have found out that there are a lot of children that want to further their education.
“And we have been able to secure some school district in the U.S. that will help to assist in their education,” he said.
He also unveiled the plan by the association to create one million jobs to address the problem of unemployment among the youth in the country.
He said that the association would partner with the state governments and other stakeholders to harness the resources available in the country to execute the project.
“We want to see how we can deepen the partnership with the government; we have a lot of areas we can synergise with the government.
“One of the things we are proposing to government is that the ANAPIN has designed a project that can create one million jobs which help to reduce importation of goods,” he said.
He said that the association would discuss with the government on way of enhancing the economy of the country. (NAN)