Some students of the Junior Secondary School, Bakassi IDPs camp, Maiduguri, Borno State say their meeting with UN Ambassador of Peace, Malala Yousafzai, was insightful and encouraging.
Malala met with some selected students of the post-basic school set up by the UNICEF at the camp in Maiduguri on Tuesday.
Rashida Muhammad, who was among the few students selected to meet with Malala, said she was excited and motivated by the visit.
Muhammad said: “Our meeting with Malala is insightful and encouraging. She encouraged me to study hard so that one day I shall be like her.
“At the heat of insurgents’ attacks, I stopped going to school. I am now back in school with the support of government.
“I feel elated; Malala gave me courage to put in my best in studies.”
Another student, Falmata Alhaji-Dungas, also expressed delight at Malala’s visit to the school.
Falmata said she learnt from the visit to be patient and committed to her studies.
She said: “We spoke through an interpreter but I understood that she wanted us to study hard in order to succeed.”
Malala, who was accompanied to the school by UNICEF officials, also met with Governor Kashim Shettima behind closed doors.
She also visited another IDPs camp and an Orphanage in Maiduguri.
Some officials in Maiduguri denied newsmen access to cover Malala’s visit to the school.
The officials asked the reporters, representing various media organisations to leave, stressing that they were not invited to cover the event.
The officials stated: “We have arrangements; only foreign media are permitted entry, we do not need local media.”
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