RAPPER MI Abaga has joined forces with Chigul, Waje, and Folu Storms to advocate gender equality and family planning causes in Nigerian communities.
The celebrities joined other concerned personalities and organisations to chart the cause in line with Hive, a social impact organisation’s aim at building a strong community of self-activating influencers and advocates.
The event, “#BreakTheBias: Brainstorm & Brunch” was held at Miliki Private Club, Lagos, Nigeria.
Speaking at the event, MI Abaga pointed out that Nigeria is the (vesicovaginal fistula) VVF capital of the world. In his words, “It means that about 800,000 young women before the age of 15 generally have been married off to someone and are in a hospital somewhere. The challenges are urgent and life and death. We all must remember who we were – as young people who dared to challenge situations and authority and do the needful in calling for the basics in health, education, security to ensure meaningful change.”
The #BreakTheBias: Brainstorm & Brunch also doubles as Hive’s official onboarding event, where its 2022 gender equality strategy and the 2022 flagship campaigns of its advocacy partners were announced.