Malala asks Nigeria to declare 'state of emergency for education'
Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has urged Nigeria to put emphasis on education.
The 20 year old Pakistani girls' education activist made the plea during her visit to the West African country on Monday, where almost half of all the learning-age children - 10 million according to government - are not going to school.
Yousafzai became prominent in 2012, after being shot in the head by the Taliban in a school bus. The UN named her a 'Messenger of Peace' in April to promote girls' eduction.
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