Shehu Sani Reacts As World Bank Approves $700m Loan For Nigeria For Adolescent Girls’ Education
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The World Bank has approved a fresh $700m loan for Nigeria to enhance adolescent girls’ learning and empowerment.
It disclosed this in a statement published on its website on Friday.
The new loan is to provide additional funds for an ongoing project known as the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment.
The statement read, “The World Bank approved additional financing of $700m for Nigeria to scale up the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment programme whose goal is to improve secondary education opportunities among girls in targeted states.
“The additional financing will scale up project activities from the current seven states to eleven additional states and increase the targeted beneficiaries to include out-of-school girls, those who are married, and those who have disabilities.”
It was noted that Nigeria had over 12 million to 15 million out of school children in the school- age group, with many of them in Northern Nigeria.
It was also noted that an estimated one million children were affected by increased insecurity around schools in 2020-2021.
The statement added, “In the seven AGILE programme implementing states – Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Plateau – the number of girls in secondary schools has increased from about 900,000 to over 1.6 million.
“Under the programme, over 5,000 classrooms have been renovated and over 250,000 eligible girls have received scholarships.
“The AGILE programme has supported construction and rehabilitation of WASH facilities in secondary schools and the installation of computers and solar panels which make attending school more convenient and conducive for both girls and boys. Life skills, systems strengthening, and advocacy are other key aspects of the program which address social norms impeding girls’ education.”
The World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, stated that, “Closing the gender gaps in economic empowerment by ensuring girls have access to education and skills is key for Nigeria’s development and economic prosperity.
“Nigeria’s working population will soon be one of the youngest and largest around the world, which means that investing in adolescent girls is imperative when addressing overall economic prospects and growth.”
The statement noted that aside from the girls that would benefit from the financing, others included over 15 million students and beneficiaries, such as teachers, administrators, families, communities, and staff in existing and newly constructed schools.
It added that the new fund would push the project to 18 states and help Nigeria to achieve better education and health outcomes for girls.
The former Kaduna Lawmaker and member of the peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Shehu Sani has reacted to report of Nigeria getting set to receive a loan of $700m from the world Bank
The former Kaduna Lawmaker took to his verified Twitter page on Saturday and his response has been generating lots of comments from social media users
According to the post that the peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chieftain made on his page, he said the loan would be used for the adolescent girls’ education
He however, stated that hundreds of millions have been spent over the years for similar purposes and for out of school children. He said most of the funds were spent on consultants and school feeding but he is hoping that things will be very different this time around
He wrote on his page ” Nigeria will receive a loan of $700M from the World Bank to be used for Adolescent Girls’ education”
For advert placement, events coverage, media placement, public relation consultancy and further inquiries please whatsApp 2348023773039 or email: labakevwe@yahoo.com
Short URL: https://newsrangers.com/?p=115578
Posted by News Rangers
on Sep 25 2023. Filed under National.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0.
You can leave a response or trackback to this entry
