HON.SAMUEL SUNDAY OJOAWO COMMENDS NIGERIAN GOVERNORS AS THEY AGREED TO ALLOCATE 15% OF ANNUAL BUDGET TO RESCUE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN NIGERIA.UN HIGHLIGHTED ONE OUT OF THREE NIGERIAN CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOLS.

HON.SAMUEL SUNDAY OJOAWO COMMENDS NIGERIAN GOVERNORS AS THEY AGREED TO ALLOCATE 15% OF ANNUAL BUDGET TO RESCUE EDUCATION SYSTEM IN NIGERIA.UN HIGHLIGHTED ONE OUT OF THREE NIGERIAN CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOLS.

 According to the report from one of Nigeria News paper today Saturday 12th, October 2024 which coined the headline" Nigeria Governors agreed to allocate 15% of annual Budget to Education as United Nations says one in three Nigerian children out of school."

State governors have committed to setting aside 15 percent of their annual budgets to fund the education sector.

The United Nations recommends that its member states earmark four to six percent of their GDP or 15 to 20 percent of public expenditure (annual budget) to fund education.

Many countries, including Nigeria, have yet to reach this threshold.

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) hosted its first international conference on girl child education on October 10 and 11, 2024.

At the the conference, 36 state governments committed to allocating at least 15 percent of their annual budgets to the education sector.

AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, the Kwara state governor who serves as the NGF chairman, spoke at the event in Abuja.

Represented by Abdulateef Shittu, the NGF director-general, AbdulRazaq said there is an urgent need to invest in schools and to address the barriers to girl child education.

“Our commitment as a forum to education financing, especially girl child education funding is unwavering across the states,” he said.

“We declare our readiness to meet the international benchmark of at least 15% annual budgetary allocation to the education sector.”

The NGF’s maiden conference culminated in the launch of an initiative called the Girl Child Education Volunteers’ Advocates (GICEVA).

AbdulRazaq assured that subnationals will mobilise over 774,000 volunteers across local governments to advocate girl child education.

The UN says one in three Nigerian children is out of school, 10.2 million at primary school level and 8.1 million at junior secondary level.

It adds that insufficient domestic finance for primary education caused a shortfall of 378,000 classrooms and about 278,000 teachers.

Among the attendees at the NGF’s conference on girl child education was Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, the minister of women affairs.

Kennedy-Ohanenye said the federal government will begin a drive to rescue out-of-school children from the streets as from October 15.

“Picking those children from the street will allow us to have access to their parents, especially their mothers,” she said.

“We have a comprehensive plan to empower these women so they can adequately care for their children.

“This approach aims not only to bring children back into education but also to enhance the economic stability of their families.”

 Base on the above press report, the founder and coordinator of OJOAWO PROGRESSIVE MINDS(OPM) an umbrella body of OJOAWO PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION (OPCEF) in the person of Hon.Prince Samuel Sunday OJOAWO immidate past elected Councilor represented the good people of Imeko Ward in Imeko/Afon Local Government area of Ogun State, Nigeria was full of joy,showered praises on Nigerian Governors as they vowed to rescue education system that has been in a state of decay from 1980's till this moment. 

He said "The step taken by Nigerian Governors is a very commendable but it's a known fact fact already that one out of three Nigerian children is out of school.Its something that's so disgraceful to our country in this era of internet.In which many Nations are not toying with their education system anymore" 

He further said " My foundation would continue to do her best in supporting the government programs and policies to tackle this virus that has been destroying the quality and affordable education system in Nigeria.

I am urging all stakeholders to join hands with Nigerian Governors and tackle this menace because it's a battle that must be jointly fought.

Education is the bedrock of every developments a Nation yarns for, so therefore without qualitative and affordable education system no development can be achieved as a Nation.

Reforming education system in Nigeria is something that is achievable only when we Nigerians both the governments and the citizens are ready to work hand in hands to resurrect the dead educational systems of our darling country.

The Governors have prepared to pull the Bull by the horns so let our Local Government Chairmen, Members of State Assemblies, Commissioners, Special Advisers, Ministers,Senators and members of House of Representatives also ready to support the Governors in saving many of Nigerian children that are out of schools then the #RenewHope agenda of His Excellence Bola Ahmed TINUBU GCFRN would be a realistic agenda" 

He stopped.

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