Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa, warned on Tuesday that the country could be consumed by the out-of-school children menace if concerted efforts were not made to tackle it urgently.
Alausa said this was the reason the Federal Government was collaborating with state governors to come up with realistic measures to address the problem.
He spoke at the National Assembly in Abuja when he appeared before the Joint Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TetFund and Education to defend the 2025 budget estimates of the ministry.
According to Alausa, the ministry had already met with the state governors and all the thirty-six commissioners for education and the FCT to find lasting solutions…
Source: Nigerian Tribune