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From Layi Olanrewaju, Ilorin
The Federal Government and World Bank teams on Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) have applauded Kwara Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for his administration’s reforms and commitments in improving learning outcomes for children in the state.
AGILE is a World Bank-assisted project of the Federal Government. Kwara has qualified to be enrolled into the programme that seeks better girl-child education, especially in senior secondary school.
World Bank’s Senior Education Specialist in Nigeria, Tunde Adekola, said the team was in Kwara for its appraisal mission as the state is eligible for the AGILE project among the 11 additional states.
“Our coming here is to tell you that Kwara State is now eligible for the AGILE project. We are happy about this, and we call it an appraisal mission. It is after appraisal mission that we will do negotiations.
“This is very important to us because we have the original AGILE project in seven states and out of the 11 states that we are extending the project to, it is only six states that are ready now and Kwara is one of them,” he said, adding that the administration has really done well for the education sector.
“We hope by September, this project should be able to take off and start implementation in terms of resources we are bringing to the state because you have contributed N150 million to support the project.”
Adekola said the intervention of the AbdulRazaq’s administration in the education sector has created a platform for the smooth take off of AGILE project in the state.
Kwara Project Coordinator, Adesina Salami, said the governor’s enthusiasm and love for education made it possible for it to fulfil all the conditions set by the World Bank for the AGILE project.
AbdulRazaq promised improved budgetary provisions to support the education sector to address schools’ infrastructural deficits and improve teaching and learning across the state.
