NESG, has said that out of the 130 million Nigerians wallowing in multidimensional poverty, 80million are children.
He stated: “Some children are left in Multidimensional poverty and over 20million out of school. If we continue to leave that population in that situation, it means we are leaving children well being and have left them unprepared for the future.
The Founder of Isa Wali Empowerment Initiative, Mrs. Maryam Uwais, said what we need to address the high rate of poverty and out of school children menace is to escalate awareness at grassroots level. “Lots of work needs to be done in terms of advocacy. Also, the policy makers need to come up with policies that would address these menace.”
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