FACT-CHECK: Did UNICEF predict Niger State will not have boys in Grade 7/JSS1 by 2027?
Claim: Niger State Governor Umaru Bago recently claimed a UNICEF report predicted that by 2027, there would be no male child in Grade 7/JSS1 in Shiroro and Munya local government areas because children had left school and gone into artisanal mining.“UNICEF has not conducted nor commissioned a study/report on the impact of artisanal mining on children’s school attendance in Shiroro Local Government Area, or other LGAs in Niger State,” Mr Kaalu said in an email to PREMIUM TIMES.
UNICEF told PREMIUM TIMES it did not conduct or commission a study on the impact of artisanal mining on children’s school attendance in Shiroro or other Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Niger State.
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