The United Nations Children Fund, (UNICEF), has raised an alarm as the number of out of school girls in Nigeria has shot up to more than 10 million, IgbereTV reports
The Chief of UNICEF Field Office in Kano, Rahama Farah, raised the alarm on Wednesday at a Media Dialogue on Girls’ Education under the Girls’ Education Project (GEP 3), funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), of the global agency.
Farah disclosed that the 10 million out of school girls represents 60 percent of total number of 18.5 million out of school children in the country, with majority of them from northern Nigeria.
“Currently in Nigeria there are 18.5 million out of school children, 60 percent of these out of school children are girls – that is over 10 million girls are out of school,” Farah said.
“Most importantly, you will need to know that the majority of these out of school children are actually from northern Nigeria
