Over N45.7 billion matching grant to state governments for implementation of Universal Basic Education ,UBE, between 2020 and 2023 has not been accessed by many states.
Besides, only 16 states have so far accessed the 2023 matching grant, representing 41 per cent of the appropriated N51.6 billion.
The 16 states, he named, are Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Kano, Kwara, Nasarawa Niger, Ondo, Osun, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara. The UBEC boss identied inability of some state governments to access UBE matching grant as and when due as one of the challenges being faced by the commission.According to him,the quest to deliver quality basic education as well as address the challenge of out-of-school children in Nigeria, requires all stakeholders including the National Assembly to join forces together to achieve.
Useni ,who is member representing Takum/Ussa/Donga Federal Constituency,of Taraba State, revealed that already, the bill to that effect has passed first and second readings in the House and now at the committee stage. He said the oversight function was necessary to see how basic education has fared in the last one year.
“If the federal government has not established UBEC, you can only imagine what will become of basic education in the country,” he said.
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