{
  "id": 14520353,
  "title": "Transcorp Group Advocates Investment in Girls’ Rights",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/transcorp-group-advocates-investment-in-girls-rights",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T19:26:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/10/14/transcorp-group-advocates-investment-in-girls-rights/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Transcorp Group, a transnational corporation in Nigeria, held a session to advocate for investment in girls' rights as the world observes the 2026 International Day of the Girl Child. The event, themed \"End Child Marriage and Invest in Girls’ Rights,\" highlighted the link between girls' rights, education, confidence, ambition, leadership, and opportunity.\n\nAccording to the World Bank, one in five girls worldwide is married before her 18th birthday. West and Central Africa is the global epicenter of child marriage, with nearly 60 million women and girls in the region having been married as children. Nigeria is the primary contributor to this issue, with approximately 22 million child brides.\n\nDuring the session, Owen D. Omogiafo, OON, President/Group Chief Executive Officer of Transcorp Group, encouraged the young girls present. He emphasized that there are no limits to their potential and that they should not let anyone else determine their future. Omogiafo stated that every girl has a right to choose her own path and should begin working towards her aspirations from a young age.",
  "summary": "Transnational Corporation Plc, through its power subsidiaries, Transcorp Power Plc, Ughelli, and Transafam Power Limited, Afam, hosted girls from Transcorp Power School, Ughelli, and Transafam Power Schools, Afam, to advocate",
  "key_points": [
    "Transcorp Group advocates investment in girls' rights during International Day of the Girl Child.",
    "Transcorp CEO encourages girls, emphasizing potential and self-determined future."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}