The Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Bank, has launched a national campaign called ‘Madubi’ under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project.

The objective of the campaign is to reduce the number of female out-of-school children in Nigeria by advocating increased access, retention, and completion of secondary education for adolescent girls in Nigeria.

The AGILE project aims to reduce the gender gap in secondary education completion rates and labor market transition among adolescent girls between the ages of 10 to 20 years in some states across the country, including Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Kebbi, and Plateau states.

Speaking to critical stakeholders and journalists at a media engagement session in Abuja on Thursday, the National Project Coordinator of the AGILE project, Amina Buba Haruna, said, “The AGILE project seeks to eliminate the barriers to knowledge experienced by girls in targeted areas. By scaling investment in girls’ secondary education. It offers a window to tackle other problems such as poverty, child marriage, maternal and child mortality, and gender-based violence.”