- By Sherifdeen Amusa
The Chairperson of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), Ms. Candela Gonzalez, said the organisation is determined to ensure that women achieved their aims in a peaceful environment.
She said this at the reception held in her honour on during official visit to the Nigerian Girl Guides Association (NGGA), at Ikoyi, Lagos.
“The mission that we have is enabling girls and women to fulfil their potential and to make them thrive in a healthful, peaceful, and free environment,” she said.
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Lauding the works of NGGA, she said the organisation has been instrumental in ensuring that girls across the country fulfill their potentials by impacting them with health and life skills needed to navigate the evolving digital world.
Ms Gonzalez said her visit was to see the “Impact work the NGGA was doing”, adding that the NGGA was not contributing to Nigeria alone, but also “strengthening the regional setting in Africa and the world”.
Chief Commissioner of NGGA, Rhoda Thomas, described Ms. Gonzalez’s visit Nigeria as a honour, which reflects the country’s growing importance within the movement.
She said: “We are receiving the Chair of the World Board of the World Association of Girl Scouts. She has come to visit Nigeria and she wants to visit NGJ facilities. We are highly honoured to have her in our midst and excited because she is in charge of about 156 countries in the world. So for her to choose to come to Nigeria is a real privilege for us.”
Presenting its year 2024-2025 report, the NGGA chief said it recorded significant achievements in empowering girls and young women across Nigeria.
“NGGA recorded progress through international exposure and skills development programmes like the Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award, WAGGGS World Centre volunteering, and vocational training for girls with special needs. These achievements were delivered through strategic partnerships with organizations including UNICEF, WAGGGS, Dove, the UPS Foundation, and the World Guide Foundation,” she said.