Mohammed Mohiuddin, UNICEF’s chief of Sokoto field office, disclosed this recently.
“Nigeria has approximately more than 10 million out-of-school children (OOSC),” he said.
“This is proportionally the highest number of out-of-school children in the world, with 60 per cent of them located in northern Nigeria.”
The organisation said it had contributed more than $71.5 million for the education of out-of-school children in four northern states.
Muhiuddin spoke at the closing of a two-day planning meeting of a project christened: ‘More out of school children in Nigeria’.
He said the project plans to reach more than 500,000 out-of-school children in 18 local government areas of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Katsina states.
Muhiuddin explained that the goal of the project is to expand access to quality basic education for over 500,000 out-of-school children by 2020.
“It will also ensure improved quality of teaching and learning environment in the targeted local governments in the four states.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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That is because of northern nigeria.
ReplyDeleteSimple! Northern Nigeria contributes 85% of these children. They have the most wicked leaders and most blind followers. How can their elders lead the country since independence for a majority of the time, yet they lack infrastructure. How can their elders own 80% of the oil blocks in the south yet they still lack infrastructure. How can a group of people be so informed on the mischieves of their leaders yet they'd rather keep those leaders and be collecting alms on the road. It just amazes me.
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