The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning,
Zainab Ahmed, disclosed this during a summit titled, ‘Girl Child NOW: Nurturing
our women — Nigeria’s own wealth,’ organised by Emergency Coordination Center
in Abuja.
According to her, the Federal Government is in the process
of preparing a holistic national plan, with inputs from states and key sectors
to create a safe environment for learning in the country. She said this has
become necessary following the vulnerability of schools and educational
institutions to increasing attacks by bandits and insurgents.
She said, “Remember that President Buhari signed the safe
schools declaration in December 2019, and I am proud to say that my ministry
has been proactive in staging stakeholder engagements on financing safe schools
and creating safe learning environments.
“We still have much more to be done, however with
representatives drawn across sectors and partners, giving us the assurance that
we are all collectively committed to ensuring adequate funding for the
implementation of the safe schools declaration we hope to see improvement.
“However, the recent increase in attacks on educational
institutions has made it imperative that we prepare a holistic national plan,
with inputs from states and key relevant sectors, to create a safe learning
environment in Nigeria.
“It is crucial that we secure the education of our children,
as it is vital for the economic progress of the country and the attainment of
the social development indices the country aims to attain. To achieve this,
initiatives across agencies, states, NGOs, and donor partners must be
harmonised to achieve maximal desired results.
“The private sector is also committing to playing a key
role, under the private sector advisory group of the SDGs, via adoption of
schools and spending as much as N100m for the provision of security, a good learning
environment, and necessary tools for improved learning.”
According to the minister, she is committed to ensuring that
resources are in place to support investments in the education, health, and
development of Nigerian women and girls.
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