On Thursday, the United Nations urged the Federal Government to increase its current budgetary allocation to the education sector from seven to 20 per cent in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal 4—universal, inclusive and equitable basic education for all school-age children by 2030.
The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mathias Schmale, sounded the warning at the official launch of the Reports of Independent Evaluation of Sustainable Development Goals three and four by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the State House Banquet Hall, Abuja.
Schmale who described both reports as the first of their kinds in Sub-Saharan Africa, said they indicate Nigeria’s determination to establish robust institutional monitoring and support frameworks at national and sub-national levels.
