July 29, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his budget for the education sector will be increased by 50 percent in the 2022 and 2023 Appropriation Bills.
The President, in a release Wednesday by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, pledged to increase the budget for the education sector by as much as 50 percent over the next two years.
Buhari pledged the increased funding for education at the ongoing Financing Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Summit in London, as part of his declaration for the five-year leadership support in transforming education in Nigeria.
The summit, which is being co-hosted by the Prime Minister of UK Boris Johnson and the President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, seeks to give opportunity for leaders to make five-year pledges to support GPE’s work to help transform education systems in up to 90 countries and territories.
In a document titled, “Heads Of State Call To Action On Education Financing Ahead Of The Global Education Summit,” signed as a form of commitment at the on-going Education Summit, President Buhari stated: “We commit to progressively increase our annual domestic education expenditure by 50% over the next two years and up to 100% by 2025 beyond the 20% global benchmark.”
Buhari further declared: “I join my brother, His Excellency, Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya, to affirm our commitment to improve learning outcomes in our respective countries by ensuring equitable access to quality and inclusive education for all our citizens, with particular emphasis on the girl child.
“We fully endorse the call for more efficient use of resources and to significantly increase investment in education by strengthening institutions, promoting greater adoption of technology, building the capacities of our teachers and mobilizing additional financial resources through legal frameworks and deliberate intervention on a sustainable basis.
“In this regard, we commit to progressively increase our annual domestic education expenditure by 50% over the next two years and up to 100% by 2025 beyond the 20% global benchmark.
“Let us therefore raise our hands in solidarity to build a more secure and prosperous future for our children.”
Meanwhile, the President on Wednesday presided over a strategy meeting ahead of his presentation at the Global Education Summit.
Femi Adesina, who made the disclosure in a Facebook post on Wednesday, was however, silent on details of the meeting.
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