The United Nations Children's Fund has said that half a million children lacked access to basic services, such as water, nutrition, health, and education in Oyo State.The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that half a million children lacked access to basic services, such as water, nutrition, health, and education in Oyo State.
“Our role as UNICEF is to ensure we support a better understanding of what children are for in a country. Oyo State is a priority state for UNICEF and we have a long-standing relationship with the government as a focus state. She further said: “We still have half a million children in the state who are deprived and need to be lifted out of poverty. We will be there until the children are lifted out of poverty.”
In his remarks, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Budget and Planning, Dr Sunday Ojelabi, gave the assurance that the state government would ensure it pays its counterpart fund, adding that the administration places much importance on the well-being of the children.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities. Your username will be shown to the moderator, so you should only flag this comment for one of the reasons listed above.
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Thursday said the Federal Government is committed to partnering and assisting Ekiti and other states, in their agenda for development and growth. Kano State governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has flagged off a total of 70-kilometre roads across 10 communities in the three senatorial districts in the state. The flag off ceremony took place on Thursday at Rijiyar Gwangwan and Mil Goma in Dawakin Kudu Local Government Area of Kano. In a statement by the governor's spokesperson, Sanusi…