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About
N142.6 billion intervention fund is set to be disbursed to states and the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the Universal Basic Education Commission for
the provision of essential facilities in public primary and junior secondary
schools in the country.
Executive
Secretary of the commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi who disclosed this at a media parley
said 50 per cent of the money (N71.3 billion) was deducted by the Federal
Government from the Paris Club Refund accrued to states and the other 50 per cent
the marching grant from UBEC.
“The Federal Government will credit the account
of UBEC with about N71.3 billion, which is the amount that is there. We are
going to add the marching grant and so in the next few months, the states are
going to get 142.6 billion,” Bobboyi said.
The
UBEC boss says the Commission has successfully concluded a head count of
teachers and pupils in primary and secondary schools across the country and
that results will be formally announced by 28 February 2019.
While
calling for concerted efforts to address the problem of out-of-school children
in Nigeria, Bobboyi said the Commission was leaving no stone unturned to
mobilise resources and churn out policies to reposition the basic education
sub-sector.
Also
speaking, UBEC’s Director in charge of Academic Service, Mr Wadata Madawaki,
said 7.3 million textbooks were procured for primary 4-6 and distributed under
the 2015/2016 intervention by the Commission.
Madawaki,
who also listed several other academic standard activities carried out by UBEC
in 2018, said N165 million was allocated to each state and FCT for the Teachers
Professional Development programme.
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