24/09/2022
New York: Zulum Addresses Multinational Groups on Girls’ Education
Borno state Governor, Engr Babagana Umara Zulum has addressed multinational groups in New York, United States of America, towards increasing focus on the education of girls in Nigeria and around the world.
The Governor traveled to the US as part of President Muhammadu Buhari’s delegation to the 77th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA77) held at the UN headquarters in New York City.
Aside his participation at the UNGA, Zulum was invited as a special guest speaker at a programme, tagged ‘Rewrite the Future’ which was held last Wednesday, to call attention towards increased investment on girls’ education around the world.
The event was organized by a non-governmental organisation, ‘One Million Teachers- ‘1MT Cares’ in collaboration with two other NGOs: ‘Girl Rising’ and the ‘North East Children’s Trust’.
Governor Zulum made a presentation titled, 'Investing in Girls' Education in Nigeria, with a focus on Borno State.
He noted that to augment gaps in girl child education, the federal government in collaboration with states, introduced a programme Better Education Service Delivery (BESDA) and Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, targeted at educating girls of school-age.
The Governor said the programmes are vehicles for increasing the enrollment of the girl-child into schools.
"In the northern part of Borno State, a deficit of girl child education is overwhelming. We need more teachers, more training of teachers, laboratory equipment etcetera to enable our children to have better education" Zulum said.
The Governor said the state’s educational system was worsened by over 12 years of the Boko Haram insurgency which was now on decline.
He said aside deaths of over 100,000 persons and displacement of about two million, the insurgents targeted many schools.
Zulum cited that over 5,000 school buildings were destroyed by Boko Haram.
He said out of 1, 35
