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#Breastfeeding gives babies the healthiest start in life! 💙 #WBW2018 #WBWNG2018 #EveryChildALIVE

"I intend to be an example to all working women, to show and prove that breastfeeding a baby for two years is possible", said Pernille Ironside, Deputy Representative, UNICEF Nigeria at the launch of this year's breastfeeding week, August 1-7 in Abuja today.

Here are the Golden Girls inspiring girls in #Nigeria & the 🌍! Team Save-A-Soul won Gold at the 2018 Technovation Challenge for an app they created to revolutionize #health services. Today, they are reaching out to girls via UNICEF's app for community participation - #UReport!

Experts Decry Delay In CRC Adoption •Say It’s Robbery Of Nigerian Children’s Right independent.ng/experts-decry-… via @independentngrBlessing Ejiofor Geoffrey Njoku @BleEjiofor UNICEF Nigeria UNICEF Africa@DrTedros@ijeoma_ukazu@kmc_lasam@smtee1@OloriEd

A safe pair of hands dramatically increases a newborn’s chances of survival. Help us make the 🌍 a safer place for mothers and their babies → uni.cf/EveryChildAlive

The sun was scorching & these sch pupils at Ikire-Ile in #Osun were thirsty, they ran out from their class & quenched it @ a borehole provided by WorldBank assisted CSDP #Everychildeverywhere UNICEF Nigeria Geoffrey Njoku Blessing Ejiofor Adegboyega Oyetola @DFIDNigeria Rauf Aregbesola

“47M ppl practice #opendefecation & >100K children under 5 yrs of age die each year due to diarrhoea, of which 90% is directly attributable to unsafe water & sanitation.” -Geoffrey Njoku, Comms Specialist UNICEF Nigeria at ongoing media dialogue in Kano on ending open defecation in 🇳🇬

The media is a powerful vehicle that can drive the behaviour change needed to get 47m Nigerians to start using the toilet & #endopendefecation! - Dr. G. Nkoju (Geoffrey Njoku) setting the tone for the 1st Media Dialogue on Sanitation for the ”#CleanNigeria: Use the Toilet” campaign.

Call for action. Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet. x.com/disgeneration/…

"The European Union, DFID & UNICEF have been great partners & are in the forefront of efforts to improve #sanitation & #hygiene in #Nigeria, and the government appreciates this." -Olumide Osanyinpeju, Head of Child Rights Information Bureau, @FMICNigeria. #CleanNigeria #EndOpenDefecation

“The Nigerian media must be more creative and research-minded to write stories that create empathy on children’s issues.” - @disgeneration, Communications Consultant UNICEF Nigeria. #CleanNigeria #EndOpenDefecation

Bioye Ogunjobi said Nigeria must do everything possible to #endopendefecation & #cleannigeria . aside the ongoing campaign by govt with help of UNICEF Nigeria @DFIDNigeria & EU, what can we do to stop open defecation? Oluwatosin Geoffrey Njoku Olumide Osanyinpeju ITODO™ Rommy Mom, PhD CooperxL

Taking the discussions beyond the four walls of the conference hall, journalists at the media dialogue organised by UNICEF Nigeria will be visiting some communities to see how the people + Kano State Govt are taking action to #endopendefecation in the state. #cleannigeria

No child should have to drink dirty water. 💧 In countries affected by conflict, more children die from diseases caused by unclean #water and poor #sanitation than from violence. uni.cf/under-fire

Clean water 🚰, basic toilets 🚽 and good hygiene practices are essential for the survival and development of children. With support from EU in Nigeria 🇪🇺🇳🇬, we are helping to provide access to safe water for children in Government of Ekiti State.

In Nigeria, eleven LGAs are now ODF across four states- Cross River (Obanliku, Yakur, Ikom, Boki, Yala, Bekwara ); Bauchi (Dass & Warji); Jigawa (Birnikudu & Buji) Benue (Logo). For more information, visit cleannigeria.ng #cleannigeria #EndOpenDefecation

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Quality #education is about the future of societies. Education is the opportunity to shape a better tomorrow. #ForEveryChild

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