NGF to Address States' Inability to Access N45 Billion UBEC Grants

Date: 2024-07-21

According to a news report from Leadership, the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) is set to discuss the states' failure to access N45 billion in matching grants from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).

NGF chair and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, stated on Friday that the forum would invite UBEC Executive Secretary Dr. Hamid Boboi to the next NGF meeting to shed more light on his claims that state governments have not accessed the substantial sum of N45 billion.

Governor AbdulRazaq said, “Based on this, we will invite UBEC to the next NGF meeting.” He also disclosed that many states had accessed the funds in the last two months.

“Moreover, N45 billion represents about one year's backlog because every state gets about N1bn yearly,” the governor added.

UBEC said on Wednesday that many states were yet to access the N45.7 billion matching grant to implement Universal Basic Education (UBE) between 2020 and 2023.

The commission said only 16 states- Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Kano, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger, Ondo, Osun, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara- have so far accessed the 2023 matching grant, representing 41 per cent of the appropriated N51.6 billion.

The federal government appropriated N51.6 billion in 2023 as a matching grant to states for the development of basic education, but as of June 30, only N21 billion was accessed by the 16 states despite the deplorable state of infrastructure in most primary schools across the country.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Facemasks     UITH     Erubu Oba Zubair     Offa Grammer School     Afonja     Offa Descendants Union     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Grillo     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Atunwa     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Yakubu Shaaba     Musa Aibinu     Ilorin Metro Park     Kwara State Pension Board     SUBEB     Unicontinental Construction Company     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Adedeji Onimago     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Labaeka     Moro     SDP     Sa\'adu Salahu     Plat Technologies Limited     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ilorin     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Amos Sayo     AbdulGafar Tosho     Yakubu Danladi     Oloje     Sardauna     Kwara State Fire Service     Guber Aspirant     Ubandoma     Ita-Ore     Lawan     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Kwha.gov.ng     Ishola Abdullahi     Babaloja-General     Borgu     Olusola Saraki     Segun Olawoyin     Musa Abdullahi     Emir Of Yashikira     MINILS     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     Bamidele Aluko     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Salman Alada     Abdulazeez Arowona     Ayo Opadokun     Kwasu     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Unilorin     Wahab Issa     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Aso-ofi     Taofik Mustapha     Curfew     Saheed Alakoso     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Alaro     Lola Olabayo     Maigidasanma     Timothy Olatunde Fadipe     Dunmade     Makama Of Ilorin     Abdullahi Biffo     Yemi Osinbajo     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Asa     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Apaokagi     Bayer AG     Lithium     Abdulganiyu Oladosu     Islamic Development Bank     Photo News     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Victor Gbenga Yusuf     Alapansapa     Aliyu Umar     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Mary Arinde     Cornelius Fawenu     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Olayinka Olaogun     Patience Jonathan     ER-KANG Mining     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Kayode Issa     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Abdul Jimoh Mohammed     Sarakite     Nigeria Governors\' Forum     Balogun-Ojomu     National Pilot     IF-K     Nagode     Tunji Folami     Diagnostic Centre     Shero     United Nigeria Congress Party     Bamidele Adegoke Oladimeji     Doyin Agbamu     NFAI     11th Galadima     Towoju     George Funsho Adebayo     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Saka Onimago     Opobiyi     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Olushola Saraki     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Ubandawaki     Kwara Central     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Wakilin Mata Lafiagi     National Information Technology Development Agency     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Folaranmi Aro     Irepodun     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa     Abiodun Oyedepo     Segun Ogunsola     Mohammed Abdulahi     Olatunde Olukoya     Shaaba Lafiagi     Kale Kawu     Usman Yunusa     Demola Banu     Rueben Parejo     Borgu     Esinrogunjo     Rafiu Ibrahim     JAAC     Senior Special Assistant On Student Affairs     Osinbajo     Assayomo     Hijaab     Bello Oyedepo     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Curfew