"I worry about the future of women and girls" writes singer on International Day of the Girl Child

Waje, a single mother of one, has spoken about the future of women and girls in Nigeria today (October 11) which happens to be International Day of the Girl Child.

Waje who is has a daughter Emerald 16, narrated her own experience when she was pregnant, and the decisions she had to make. She also about her those in power are not working to help the future of the girl child in Nigeria.

You can read her entire post below;

"Today, the 11th of October, is the International Day of the Girl Child and I really want to celebrate my childhood and thank God for how blessed I am to have the mother that trained me. I want to celebrate my daughter… The best thing that has ever happened to me and the most important person in my life!

When I was still pregnant with my daughter, I had very tough decisions to make; would I have to quit the university to raise my child? Would I be able to live my lifelong dream of being a musician? Would I be able to raise my daughter single handedly? How would I make ends meet?

I was one of the lucky ones, the ones with a support system of mothers , of parents pushing their daughters to pursue an education, to continue to dream, to work towards their dream and to continually inspire, motivate and push other young women to excel.

I look around me and I worry about the future of women and girls. I worry about the world I am building for my daughter and her friends. I worry about how our legislation affects girls. I see inequality everywhere and I wonder how these young girls who we are celebrating today will cope if we sit and do nothing about their future. Does every single woman have to fight her way through and with everything to remain honourable and respected in her field? But nothing bothers me more than the inaction by women in power and authority.

Too often women fail to empower each other. it will also be our fault that our girls are not sitting on the table and contributing to decisions that ultimately affect them.

There is so much work to do to re-educate the modern day woman to remind her that we are not each other's adversaries but that there is strength in sisterhood. To teach the generations that come after about those that paved the way for us. Now it is time to open doors for our daughters and sisters and to embrace our weaknesses together and turn them into strengths."

Waje is a part of the One Campaign spearheaded by Bono.

You can listen to her song 'African Child' here.

Watch her performance in Pulse TV video below