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.

Just Law Forum     ASKOMP     Kwara Liberation Group     NITDA     Garment Factory     Gbenga Awoyale     Bello Bature     Umar Ayinla Saro     Alabere     Federal Allocation     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Monthly Sanitation     Yakubu Gobir     Olaoye B. Felix     NYSC     KFA     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     Salman Jawondo     Monkey Pox     CELF     Shururat Olatinwo     Agboola Abdulraheem     Oyun     Taofeek Sanusi     Tsaragi/Share     Ajibike Katibi     Abdulkareem Alabi     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Funmilayo Mohammed     Ghali Alaaya     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Ndakene     COVID     Bashiru Makama     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Elelu     Kwara Hotel     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Sun Qing Rong     Seni Saraki     NIPOGA     Raji AbdulRasaq     Manzuma     Albert Ogunsola     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Olatunde Olukoya     Muritala Olarewaju     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Coronavirus     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     John Olajide Adedipe     Shettima Of Ilorin     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Aliyu Salihu     Ademola Kiyesola     TESCOM 2025     Ile Arugbo     Aisha Gobir     Abubakar Ndakene     Moses Rahman Popoola     Ganiyu Taofiq     Adijat Adebiyi     Khairat Gwadabe     UNILORIN Alumni     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Kayode Laro     KWATMA     Abubakar Aliagan     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Imam Gambari     Oko     Ibrahim Kayode Adeyemi     Oba-Solagberu     Kwha.gov.ng     Wasiu Odewale     Kwara State Football Association    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Tinubu     Abatemi Usman     Toyin Abdullahi     George Funsho Adebayo     NIPR     Sango-UITH Road     Ita-Ore     Babs Iwarere     Saidu Yaro Musa     Ayo Adeyemi     Ilesha Gwanara Road     Olokoba     Senate     Okin Malt     Musa Aibinu     All Peoples Party     Kwara United     Galland Marcias     IYA YUSUF     Awoye     Dauda Adesola     NaAllah     Onikijipa     Musbau A. Akanji     Ojuekun     Nigerian Correctional Service     Muhammed Abdullahi     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Tsado Manman     Orisa Bridge     Quran     Talaka Parapo     Femi Ogunsola     Yoonus Kola Olatinwo     Kuliyan Geri     KWASIEC     Surajudeen Akanbi     NSCIA     Micheal Imoudu     Amusa Bello     Mary Arinde     Gaa Olobi     Abdullahi Samari     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Afonja     Gbugbu     ITEM 7     Balogun Ajikobi     Lukman Adeloyin     Olaiya Zuberu     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Kemi Adeosun     Elerinjare-Ibobo     Moremi High School     Solomon Edojah     JAAC     Alaaya     Usman Alkali Baba     UNILORIN Alumni     GRA     Bureau Of Lands     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Jamiu Oyawoye     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Mufutau Olatinwo     Village Alive Development Association     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Ahmed Bayero     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Kayode Laro     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     ANCOPPS     Sanitation Exercise     IQRA College     Adeniyi Ojo     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Ghali Alaaya