Some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on the Federal Government to invest substantial resources in the Almajiri and Out-Of-School children commission that was recently signed into law.The CSOs, at a news conference on Thursday in Abuja, stated that investing in the commission would help to reduce out-of-school children challenges the country was facing.
BRANDPOWER reports that President Muhammadu Buhari, the immediate past president, had on May 28, 2023 signed into law a bill seeking the establishment of the commission.
Mr Hamzat Lawal, the Chief Executive of Connected Development, a CSO, particularly called on the Federal Government to invest part of the savings from the subsidy removal in the commission.
“We must invest in these children to guarantee the future of the country.
“Young people are the ones who can make the country achieve the much-needed human capital to drive the economy.”
Lawal said that investing in the commission would be crucial toward meeting up with some of the components of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
“With the subsidy removal, Nigeria will be saving a lot of money.
“We must make judicious use of these savings; we want part of this to be invested on the Almajiri and out-of-school children commission,” he said.
