A former military governor of Kaduna State, Brig-Gen Lawal Ja’afaru-Isa (rtd) has been appointed tbe Executive Secretary of the new National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children Education.
This was contained in a statement by Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, on Friday in Abuja.
Ja’afaru-Isa, a respected leader, was a popular military governor of Kaduna State from 1993 to 1996 and has been a stalwart of the All Progressives Commission.
He will replace the pioneer executive Secretary of the commission, Sha’aban Sharada, who was appointed to the position by former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tinubu urged him to ensure the realisation of the administration’s drive to guarantee comprehensive education for the out-of-school children.
The Almajiri commission was established to provide a multi-modal system of education for the millions of children not attending school in Nigeria.
At least one out of three children in Nigeria are out of school, with about 10.2 million of them at the primary level and 8.1 million at the junior secondary school level.
According to UNICEF, 12.4 million children never attended school and 5.9 million left school early
