Officials of IA-Foundation, an international charity, are to meet lawmakers in the UK Parliament to lobby them towards getting the UK Government to intervene in Nigeria’s out-of-school problem.
The Founder and Chief Executive Officer of IA-Foundation, Mrs Ibironke Adeagbo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), yesterday, in Abuja.
Adeagbo said the visit by the foundation to the UK parliament had been slated for March 19. She said IA-Foundation was registered in the UK and had been active in Nigeria over the years, campaigning to ensure mass literacy in the West African country.
According to her, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has been contending with an out-of-school crisis that has seen some 20.2 million children not attending school.
She said the visit was the latest initiative of the foundation to draw the attention of the international community to the crisis plaguing the education sector in Nigeria.
Adeagbo said Nigerians of goodwill should join hands with the Federal Government to tackle problems in the country’s education sector to guarantee a better future.
“On March 18 last year, IA-Foundation staged a charity show in London to raise funds and global awareness on the out-of-school crisis in Nigeria.
“Nigeria should seek the support and assistance of international agencies and governments to ensure that every Nigerian child gets basic education,” she said.
