The United Nations Population Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), and education experts have called for equal opportunities for girls and women to access quality education in order to actualise their potentials in the society, stating that 9.5million girls aged between 10 and 17 were out-of-school in the country.
Speaking at a virtual conference with the theme, “Girl Child Education in Nigeria”, organised by EVA as part of the 9JAYouthTalk webinar series recently, they, however, urged young girls to aspire for education and remain committed in its pursuit.
The conference, which featured a panel session, was moderated by the Programme Officer of Education as a Vaccine, Sarbyen Sheni.
The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed into law the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) N453.2billion budget for 2020.
The sum covers the capital, personnel expenditure, and other costs of the commission for the period ending on March 31, 2021.
The passage of the budget was sequel to the consideration of the report by the House Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission at the Committee of Supply.
Laying the report before the plenary, the Chairman of the Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, stated that the committee “carried out a holistic oversight of the commission and the report is aimed at placing the commission in the most optimal position to effectively execute its statutory mandate to Nigerians.”
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By Luminous Jannamike – Abuja
The United Nations Population Fund,UNFPA, and education experts have called for equal opportunities for girls and women to access quality education in order to actualise their potentials in the society, stating that 9.5 million girls aged between 10 and 17 are out-of-school in the country.
Speaking at a virtual conference with the theme, ‘Girl Child Education in Nigeria,’ organised by EVA as part of the 9JAYouthTalk webinar series recently, they, however, urged young girls to aspire for education and remain committed in its pursuit.
The conference, which featured a panel session, was moderated by the Program Officer of Education as a Vaccine, Sarbyen Sheni.
He said the ministry decided to shutdown the schools due to the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the state which show a replicate of figures recorded in the first wave of the pandemic in April, May and June 2020, indicating that a new wave of the infection is rapidly spreading across the state.
“The State’s Ministry of Health has further confirmed that, while the infections cut across age groups, this new wave especially, affects those between 10 and 35 years (which form a majority of the populace in the education sector).
” In its effort to contain the spread of the pandemic and save the lives of people in the state, the Kaduna State Government is directing all public and private schools to conclude all necessary arrangements and close on Wednesday, 16th December, 2020 as opposed to the initial closings.
The Kaduna State Ministry of Education has shut down all public schools across the 23 Local Government Area of the state due to the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic.
The Commissioner of Education Shehu Makarfi who disclosed in a statement issued on Monday said the directive takes effect from Wednesday, December 16, 2020.
He said the ministry decided to shut down the schools due to the rising cases of COVID-19 infections in the state which show a replicate of figures recorded in the first wave of the pandemic in April, May and June 2020.
Makarfi explained that a new wave of the infection is rapidly spreading across the state, and cut across age groups of between 10 and 35 years.