Inuwa seeks common Northern policy framework to tackle out-of-school children

Advocates unified regional agenda, investment in agriculture, agro-allied industries to combat poverty, insecurity

Sultan applauds Gombe governor’s Almajiri education reforms

By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe

Gombe State Governor and Chairman of the Northern States Governors’ Forum, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya, has called for a common policy framework and unified regional agenda to sustain education reforms, tackle the growing number of out-of-school children and accelerate human capital development across Northern Nigeria.

The governor said addressing the region’s educational challenges required a coordinated approach that went beyond school enrolment to include poverty reduction, improve...