Groups Advocate For Extension, Passage And Implementation Of UBE Act  — Leadership Newspaper

In commemoration of the 2018 Children’s Day, five non-governmental organisations, ONE Campaign, Youth Hub Africa, Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA), Noble Missions and Connected Development (CODE) with supports from Malala Fund, are advocating for the extension of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) Act from nine to 12 years, its immediate passage at the House of Representatives level and its subsequent implementation.

This call was made on Friday, at a conference called ‘the Orange for 12 years of Education’ Media Parley at the Conference Hall, Youth Hub Africa, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja. The purpose of the media parley is to raise the profile of the campaign and facilitate media commitments towards sensitising the public and sustaining advocacy requests from legislators.

Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goal, to which Nigeria is a signatory, addresses the need for quality education for all children up to 12 years, but the UBE Act…