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Parlous conditions of public schools, in the midst of idle education grants, signpost one of the inherent contradictions of the Nigerian State.

THE National Assembly has passed a bill to make free, compulsory and basic education a fundamental right of all citizens, into law.

LEDAP asked FG to implement the right to universal free basic education for every Nigerian child particularly the girl child.

But it was not all gloomy during the year as there were certain steps taken by the government towards restoring the sector’s lost glory.

It is a common knowledge that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) recently rejected the Federal Government proposed N5, 000 for

Tackling Nigeria’s out of School Children Menace Tackling Nigeria’s out of School Children Menace As both the Federal and state Governments in Nigeria continue to allow the rate of out of school children, especially in the northern part of Nigeria, to swell in number, even when it is obvious that the streets are known for breeding all forms of criminals and other social misfits who constitutes the real threat in the forms of armed robbers; thugs, drunkards, prostitutes and all other socia...

The group says the right to education is a major component of socio-economic rights.

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 Medi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Grace Edema Grace Edema 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 Mala...

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 Challe...