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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has taken the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, to task over the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country, calling on the agency to intensify efforts to reverse the trend.<\/p>\n

Wike said the number of out-of-school children in the FCT has become annoying when he received in his office in Abuja on Thursday a delegation from UBEC, led by the Executive Secretary, Hamid Bobboyi.<\/p>\n

According to the FCT Minister: \u201cAll of us know the problems of not just girl child education but out-of-school children. I don\u2019t know what you are doing as regards all our children roaming the streets. It is the function of UBEC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we were in education, that\u2019s when we started the Almajiri schools. In fact, in the whole northern states, the only state I never visited was Yobe. I visited virtually all the states in the North, South West, South-South and South East where you have more boys dropping out. We tried to see what we could do.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the North, we talk about Almajiri and the girl child education and I do know that through UBEC, we were able to build a lot of schools. We were able to buy clothing and sandals and feed them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know what it is now because the number has tripled. It\u2019s so annoying. I do know that you are doing your best but I do know that the states too need to complement your efforts. So many states do not want to pay the counterpart funding, which is very unfortunate.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe insecurity we are talking about today can never be resolved if we don\u2019t bring these children back to school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wike further noted that the increasing influx of people into the FCT from other parts of the country is also contributing to the number of out-of-school children in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

He said the FCT Administration is doing its best to also address the situation.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike has taken the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, to task over the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country, calling on the agency to intensify efforts to reverse the trend. 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