The Bank disclosed the six states to consist of Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi and Plateau.
It said the funding was provided through the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment Programme.It added, “In Nigeria, four in 10 people live below the poverty line – that’s 95 million people. Currently, 87 per cent of them live in Northern Nigeria.”
It also noted that aside from poverty, cultural practices deeply rooted in social norms such as education preferences for boys and early marriage for girls, contributed to the low enrolment and secondary school completion rates for girls. It said, “Nigeria has the highest number of child brides in West and Central Africa, with 23.6 million girls married before the legal age of 18. When a girl marries at a young age, the probability of her dropping out of school is much higher than if she marries later. Globally, a whopping 87 per cent of married adolescent girls are out of school,” it read.
The World Bank noted that the N10,000 per term was provided to the parents of poor female students for school attendance and re-enrollment.
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