The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has called on state governments to urgently access more than ₦65 billion in counterpart funds and utilise approximately ₦267 billion in intervention funds already released to them. UBEC Executive Secretary, Aisha Garba, made the call in Asaba, Delta State, during the opening of the commission’s 30th quarterly meeting with executive chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs). The meeting, themed “Repositioning Basic Education in Nigeria to Optimise Investment and Impact,” focused on improving the use of education funding and ensuring that investments produce measurable...