Almajiri: Every naira spent outside the classroom is one denied a child — Foundation
The concern is contained in a statement signed by IA-Foundation founder, Ibironke Adeagbo, who acknowledged the Commission’s explanation that the projects were constituency interventions inserted into its budget by the National Assembly, but insisted that such spending weakens the country’s response to the out-of-school children crisis.
She urged the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Education to ring-fence the Almajiri Commission’s budget for education-related programmes, stop routing constituency projects through education agencies, publish detailed spending reports, and strengthen oversight of budget implementation.
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The inclusion of road projects, ambulances and other non-education items in the 2026 budget of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children’s Education (NCAOOSCE) has triggered fresh concerns over the use of funds meant to return millions of out-of-school children to the classroom.
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