Jean Gough, Country Director, United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said that no fewer than 10.5 million Nigerian children are out of school. Gough stated this on Tuesday in Bauchi while exchanging views with Gov. Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State at the Government House.


She said that UNICEF was collaborating with some stakeholders to strengthen the newly-introduced Quranic School System to reduce the number of out-of-school children. She disclosed that the fund had concluded plan to tackle the issue of child malnutrition in the state as it had discovered that 90 per cent of child diseases was as a result of malnutrition.

Gough also announced that UN body would curb public defecation, especially with more than 2,000 communities in the state defecating in open places. “We intend to ensure that before I leave the country, at least one local government area in Bauchi state is public-defecation free.

“We will also work in collaboration with the state government to boost water and sanitation towards the supply of adequate and portable drinking water. “I will, therefore, want to appeal to the state government to pay its counterpart fund to enable us execute some of the projects,” she said.

In his response, Gov. Abubakar promised that the state government would renew all counterpart funding arrangements it had with donor agencies. Abubakar assured that he would ensure that the funds were paid on monthly basis to enable the state to benefit from some of the projects.

He said that the government would collaborate with UNICEF to ensure that one local government area became public-defecation free to improve the public health status of the state.


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10.5m out of youth population is much ooooo. i hope something is done about this because problem told is 50% solved.

10.5m children out of school in Nigeria – UNICEF

Who calculate the maths?

THEY MUST BE IN THE NORTH AND YOLOBA LAND. BUT Y ABOKI NO LIKE SKULL I NO JST KNOW

shikinihost:
that number is alarming.

I bet 70% of them are in the North.

More like 90%

That's a large number

It's [size=20pt]LadyF[/size] again

They are either almajiris, underage girls who get married off and children who can't go to school because some muslim lunatics think education is haram.

lalasticlala nwa

ladyF:
That's a large number

That will haunt us in the next 15 yrs.

10million are almajiris.

None of my business
When Jonathan wanted to salvage the situation through building of numerous almajiri schools,
They payed him back by voting him out of power.
Only a mad man protests when his unclothedness is covered

IbnSultaan you must comment!

QuotaSystem, how many of the 10.5 million illiterates are almajiris, child brides and mai ruwas.

Useless region

8.5millon from north and 2millon from yoruba. akpefome

BishopMagic:
IbnSultaan you must comment!

na by force

IbnSultaan:

na by force

Ab0ki

You are one of the lucky ones who go school so you must comment on behalf of your boko haramites

Sad one This problem cut across Nigeria

IbnSultaan:
Sad one
This problem cut across Nigeria

Which Nigeria?

Nah your nut carry the whole illiterates

BishopMagic:


Ab0ki

You are one of the lucky ones who go school so you must comment on behalf of your boko haramites

I NO FIT SHOUT

YES WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE SUPPOSE TO BE IN SCHOOL OUT OF SCHOOL, Thanks to successive Government failure in the Education sector

IbnSultaan:

I NO FIT SHOUT

YES WE HAVE CHILDREN WHO ARE SUPPOSE TO BE IN SCHOOL OUT OF SCHOOL, Thanks to successive Government failure in the Education sector

sharap!

Is it the FG that will build schools for you?

Is there not a band of lunatics fighting against western education in your useless north?

The north has only themselves to blame and nobody else.

BishopMagic:


sharap!

Is it the FG that will build schools for you?

Is there not a band of lunatics fighting against western education in your useless north?

The north has only themselves to blame and nobody else.

park well

yes we have insurgency that has made millions to be out of school. we are committed to ensuring our kids are to school by encouraging govt to build schools

IbnSultaan:

park well

yes we have insurgency that has made millions to be out of school. we are committed to ensuring our kids are to school by encouraging govt to build schools

dunce

unbelievable

BishopMagic:


sharap!

Is it the FG that will build schools for you?

Is there not a band of lunatics fighting against western education in your useless north?

The north has only themselves to blame and nobody else.

park well

yes we have insurgency that has made millions to be out of school. we are committed to ensuring our kids are to school by encouraging govt to build schools..

BishopMagic:

dunce

I don't insult Shalom

IbnSultaan:

I don't insult
Shalom

I do

fark off

99% of them are in North and SW
Who would be boko haram if they enter school?

which kids will vote for buhari if they are in school?
A muslim okada rider or gateman will still mary four wives..
So dnt expect us to run out of them soon..
We caLL it the zoo
Dnt knw abt u....

If not for Dr Jonathan there would have been more.

The elites in the feudal north are for ever happy to see Almajiri children remain Almijiri till death.