Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Yusuf Sununu, has said no less than 3 million girls across seven states are currently benefiting from the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment(AGILE) project of the Nigerian government, aimed at keeping the girl-child in school.
AGILE is a $500 million World Bank-assisted project to keep more girls in school and is currently being implemented in seven Nigerian states – Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Plateau.
Mr Sununu spoke in Abuja on Wednesday at an event organised by the Federal Ministry of Education in collaboration with AGILE to commemorate the 2023 International Day of the Girl Child.
Celebrated every 11th October, this year’s theme aims to promote equal opportunities for girls, advocate for the rights of the girl child, and shed light on the challenges faced by girls worldwide due to their gender. The theme is; “Invest in Girl’s Rights: Our Leadership and Wellbeing.”
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