Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Sa’id, has said early marriage, poverty and insecurity continue to deny millions of Nigerian girls access to education, despite ongoing national efforts to promote inclusion and equity in the sector. Speaking at the closing of the Kano Girls’ Education Summit yesterday at the conference hall of the Dangote [ ]
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