“Girls are scared of going to schools. One of the reasons is the financial instability of the parents. They are forced to stop school and the families use the money to feed them instead. Another reason is fear of insecurity. In Borno and northern states, they are afraid of violence and of girls being abducted.
I want to be protected from sexual abuse and harassment and all those things that hurt me emotionally and physically.
Most girls who have been abused are afraid of telling people. Mostly in the case of rape, they are afraid of the stigma and fear that they will be discriminated against. Most times people don’t listen and don’t believe the girl -- they think she’s lying.
Education is important for girls because when you train a male child you train one person. When you educate a girl, you train the whole world.”
Read Best's* poems below.
Education is the key to the nation
So many discretion
So many isolation
But
Without education there will be malnutrition
Education
Enables students to
So the analysis
While making life decisions
Education is important
For the personal social
And economical
Development of the nation
Education entrance good
Communication with foreign nations
Education teaches us
Our rights and obligations
Education gives our general direction
Education teaches us
To take action
Against corruption
Prostitution and discrimination
Education gives freedom and stops humiliation
Education is the foundation
To any acceptance in His great nation
Loneliness trials even a mighty lioness
If my name is written in the book of Guiness
I would be known all over the world for my loneliness
The only one I Have now
Is Sickness
The only thing that makes me Smile
is my Weakiness
In and out of me
Is filled with Goodness
But illness
Wont let it reachBrightness
What I wish is success
Am I able?
Because I feel disabled
And unable
Why am I not ready
To show the world
That I am not a Baby
I may not be wealthy
Or healthy
But am lovely
I may be sick
But am unique
I may have seizures
But I also have wisdom
I may no longer have friends
But I still maintain some
Energy to make my haters
My allergy
I may not be useful
But am truthful
I may feel foolish
But am not selfish
You may see me as a fool
But am always thoughtful
I most time love sadness
But trust me
I am trying to love
Happiness too
You may think I talk a lot
But I thinkTen times more
I cry everytime
Right now I must smile
Don’t forget I have a heart to love
Read more poems written by girls from Nigeria.