Nigeria: Three Million Out-of-School Children in Kano Worrisome - Group

17 December 2018

Abuja — A group under the aegis of Kano Youth Organisation in Abuja (KAYOAB), has expressed worry over the three million out-of-school children in Kano State alone, and called on the state government to set up a committee to investigate the real causes of the problem and bring recommendations on ways of tackling the challenge.

The group in a statement issued yesterday by its Public Relations Officer, Alhassan Bala, also stressed the need for the state government to urgently provide more teachers and end the shortfall of infrastructure in over 8,280 government schools.

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