Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki
WHO IS ABUBAKAR BUKOLA SARAKI?
He was born in 1962 to the family of former Senate Leader Olusola Saraki and Florence Saraki. Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki is a medical doctor and Nigerian politician and is presently the Chairman and Founder of the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation.
Dr Saraki attended King’s College, Lagos from 1973 to 1978 and then Cheltenham College in the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1981, he obtained his M.B.B.S(London) from the London Hospital Medical College of the University of London from 1982 to 1987. He worked in the United Kingdom in a number or hospitals in London, and surrounding counties for two years before returning to Nigeria to commence a career in that spans over two decades.
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Published 12 March 2021
Two committees of the House of Representatives have reiterated their commitment to amending the Universal Basic Education Act 2004 towards ensuring free, safe and quality girls’ education up to the secondary school level.
The House Committees on Women in Parliament and Basic Education made the pledge during an event to commemorate the 2021 International Women’s Day on Monday in Abuja. The event was organised by Malala Fund and its Education Champions, Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre and the #AmendUBEAct Coalition.
Highlighting the need for gender-responsive education policies in Nigeria, Chair, House Committee on Women in Parliament, Taiwo Oluga, said women made up about 100 million of the country’s 200 million population, hence, the need to educate and empower women towards contributing to the nation’s development.
By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
House of Representatives has hinted at a plan to amend the UBE Act (2004) and accommodate free education for the girl child to the senior secondary school level.
The House made the via its Committees on Women in Parliament and Universal Basic Education (UBE) in a meeting with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) and the Malala Fund on Monday in Abuja
The meeting was part of the activities to mark the 2021 International Women’s Day titled “Choose to Challenge.”
Chairman, House Committee on Women in Parliament, Rep. Taiwo Oluga who made the disclosure on free education for the girl child said legislative processes were already ongoing to realize the objective, adding that all hands were on deck.
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JOS, NIGERIA - A girls’ education rights group, the Malala Fund, says most of Nigeria s out-of-school children during the pandemic are girls, and that the gap with boys is widening.
Joy Pam, 13, has had to wash the plates, cook the family meals, and sweep the compound daily since the pandemic forced schools to shut down in March.
Even though schools have reopened now, she still must continue with her chores at home even though her classmates are back at school.