Pop star Shakira has made an impassioned plea to world leaders to look after the development of our youngest children.
“Today’s babies will drive tomorrow’s business,” she said at the opening ceremony of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“Children’s capacity to contribute will shape tomorrow’s societies, will solve tomorrow’s problems.”
Shakira – who is a member of the influential Education Commission – made an impassioned speech yesterday on the importance of early childhood development when she accepted the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award for her humanitarian work.
And today, at a special question-and-answer session on education and early years learning at the Davos event, she said everyone can make a difference by raising awareness through social media.
The babies strapped to their mother’s backs in rural and rural- urban market places in Nigeria need formal stimulation that should stir early learning skills.
They are indeed the greater future we desire.
Need for early childhood learner centers in these market places especially since the public schools thardly offer this service. Only private fee paying schools do .
We need the political will to finance this in Nigeria. And support from development partners.
This is an advocacy call. Partnership is solicited.