NGF to Address States' Inability to Access N45 Billion UBEC Grants

Date: 2024-07-21

According to a news report from Leadership, the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) is set to discuss the states' failure to access N45 billion in matching grants from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).

NGF chair and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, stated on Friday that the forum would invite UBEC Executive Secretary Dr. Hamid Boboi to the next NGF meeting to shed more light on his claims that state governments have not accessed the substantial sum of N45 billion.

Governor AbdulRazaq said, “Based on this, we will invite UBEC to the next NGF meeting.” He also disclosed that many states had accessed the funds in the last two months.

“Moreover, N45 billion represents about one year's backlog because every state gets about N1bn yearly,” the governor added.

UBEC said on Wednesday that many states were yet to access the N45.7 billion matching grant to implement Universal Basic Education (UBE) between 2020 and 2023.

The commission said only 16 states- Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Kano, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara- have so far accessed the 2023 matching grant, representing 41 per cent of the appropriated N51.6 billion.

The federal government appropriated N51.6 billion in 2023 as a matching grant to states for the development of basic education, but as of June 30, only N21 billion was accessed by the 16 states despite the deplorable state of infrastructure in most primary schools across the country.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Olokoba     Tosin Saraki     Quran     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Isa Aremu     Olayinka Olaogun     Quarry Royal Valley     Kwara Polytechnic     Bareke     Bursary     Col. Taiwo     Emir Of Kano     Muhammadu Gobir     Maigida Soludero Transit     David Oyedepo     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Convocation Ceremonies     Hassan Saliu     Lithium     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Mohammed Kamaludeen     Pategi     Marafan Shonga     Moshood Mustapha     SUBEB     Tanke Road     Oro Grammar School Old Students Association     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Funke Adedoyin     Goodluck Jonathan     Durosinlohun Atiku     Ibrahim Abiodun     Madawaki Of Ilorin     Olaoye B. Felix     Awili Pedro     Garba Dogo     Oniye     KFA     Wahab Issa     Solomon Edoja     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Sunday Otokiti     Post Utme     Owo Arugbo     Yakub Lai Gobir     Lola Olabayo     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Ejidongari     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Kwara Pdp     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Hakeem Lawal     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Abdulwaheed Musa     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Ajeigbe     Kale Belgore     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Bature Bello     Abdulrauf Aliyu     Oke Sunna     Oke-Ode     CT Ayeni     Olohungbebe     Orisa Bridge     SWAN     Usman Alkali Baba     Ballah     Femi Oladiji     Diagnostic Centre     Ahmad Uthman     LAK Jimoh     Mohammed Yisa     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

David Adesina     Adijat Adebiyi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Solomon Edojah     Muhammed Aliyu     Wahab Egbewole     Doyin Awoyale     Jimba Babatunde     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Offa     Crystal Corner Shops     Eleja     Yusuf Mubarak     Paul Olawoore     NYSC     Budo Egba     Amuda Bembe     Oniwasi Agbaye     Amada Jidda     Isiaka Saka Opobiyi     Baba-Isale     Akorede     Makama Of Kaiama     Ajuloopin     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Barakat Community Secondary School     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Femi Ogunsola     Obasanjo     Musbau A. Akanji     Iyeru Grammar School     Saidu Kawu     IFK     Gambari     AGM Professional Services     Ilorin.Info     Amule Elementary School     Shehu Salau     Edu     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Ayodele Olaosebikan     Iyabo Adewuyi     Garba Dogo     Abdulkadir Orire     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Isiaka Yusuf     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Adanla-Irese     Harmony Holdings     Saliu Ajibola Ajia     Afonja Descendants Union     Abdulhakeem Amao     Adewuyi Funmilayo     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Alagbado     Jebba     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     KWTV     Apado     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Saduki Lafiagi     Yetunde Balogun     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Adama Isa     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Kwara State Polytechnic     Oba-Solagberu     Ishola Balogun Fulani     Government High School (GHS), Adeta     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     All Peoples Party     Chief Of Staff     Kolade Solagberu     Ahmed \'Lateef