President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of retired Brig. Gen. Lawal Jaafaru Isa as Executive Secretary of the new National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity Ajuri Ngelale, said the appointment was made on Friday following the removal of the pioneer Executive Secretary, Sha’aban Sharada.
Sharada was appointed to the position by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Isa, a respected leader, was Military Administrator of Kaduna State from 1993 to 1996.
Tinubu urged him to ensure the realisation of the administration’s drive to guarantee comprehensive education for the out-of-school children.
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The commission was established to provide a multi-modal system of education for the millions of children not attending school in Nigeria.
At least one out of three children in Nigeria are out of school, with about 10.2 million of them at the primary level and 8.1 million at the junior secondary school level.
United Nation Children Funds, UNICEF, had said 12.4 million children never attended school and 5.9 million left school early.
UNICEF further disclosed that Nigeria’s out of school population accounts for 15% of the global total with more than 50% of girls not attending school in basic education level.
Meanwhile, the Presid has also approved the appointment of Alhaji Tijani Hashim-Abbas, the Sarkin Sudan of Kano, as his Senior Special Assistant on Chieftaincy Matters.
The President urged the new appointees to bring in their vast experience to impact the very core of society.
While ensuring that his administration’s drive to guarantee Nigeria’s out-of-school children the most comprehensive education is realized in the superceding interest of the nation’s future.
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