Meet the 16-year-old gender advocate who took Nigeria’s Speaker’s seat in history-making event - Face2Face Africa

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Meet the 16-year-old gender advocate who took Nigeria’s Speaker’s seat in history-making event - Face2Face Africa

In a remarkable turn of events, 16-year-old gender activist Isabel Anani took over as Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives to lead a special session celebrating International Day of the Girl Child. Vanguard reports that this is the very first time in the history of the House of Representatives that a Speaker would step aside...

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