Eniola Akinkuotu, Olaleye Aluko and Wale Oyewale The proposed National Agency for the Education, Rehabilitation, De-radicalisation and Integration of Repentant Insurgents in Nigeria’ will get its fun
ding from the Universal Basic Education Commission and the Tertiary Education Trust Fund,Other sources of funding include- donations, grants, annual subventions from the government and counterpart funding from the six North-East states of Borno, Bauchi, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba and Gombe.
But on Monday, Geidam, in an interview with journalists, defended the bill. He said many Boko Haram terrorists were willing to lay down their arms but were afraid of the consequences of their action. The agency will also be funded by 0.5 per cent of the federal allocation of the six North-East states.reports that TETFund obtains its funding from a compulsory two per cent profit tax that is paid by all registered companies to the Federal Government.
The bill states that the proposed agency shall have a governing board which shall consist of the chairman who is to be appointed by the President in consultation with the National Assembly. As regards the powers of the proposed agency, the bill gives repentant terrorists the opportunity of receiving foreign education.
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