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The Pakistani founder of the Malala Fund and girls’ education activist, Malala Yousafzai, on Tuesday met behind closed doors with the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. At the end of the session, Yousafzai told State House correspondents that he seized the opportunity of the meeting which she described as a good one to call for the declaration of a state of emergency in the nation’s education sector. She said she also called for the implementation of the Child Rights Act in all states of the federation. She said, “It was a very good meeting. I had very good response. I highlighted a few issues. The first was to ask the government to declare a state of emergency for education because the education of the Nigerian girls and boys is really important. “Federal government, state governments and local governments should all be united for this. “Secondly, the spending should be made public and thirdly, the Child Rights Act should be implemented in all s...