An appeal has been made to government at all levels to pay more attention to the girl-child in the society through interaction, sensitisation and intervention to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on them.

Education in Nigeria, at least in the public sector, is in a state of dysfunction. Its human capital is in disarray, so is its physical infrastructure.

Civil society organisations have urged the Ninth National Assembly to amend the Universal Basic Education Act (2004) to extend its coverage from Junior to Senior Secondary Education from nine to 12 years.