Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed says with an estimated 13 million children currently out of school in Nigeria, the country is sitting on the precipice of a socio-economic disaster if nothing is done to reverse the trend.
Ahmed said on Tuesday it has become imperative for relevant stakeholders in the education sector to work in a coordinated manner to stop the current wave of systematic attacks on the fundamental rights of children to a safe learning environment.
The minister spoke at a dialogue tagged “Financing safe schools: Creating safe learning communities”, in Abuja.
