Bisi Fayemi flags off World Bank initiative for girl-child in Ekiti

Wife of Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi on Tuesday flagged off a World Bank assisted initiative to empower girls in the state.

The initiative will help girls to have access to secondary school education and other opportunities to become agents of socio-economic change.

Under the programme, all social inhibitions that deprive girls of access to education will be removed.

Mrs. Fayemi launched the $25m dollars scheme in the presence of traditional rulers, civil society activists, students and women leaders.

The governor’s wife wrote on her Facebook page: “Today, I flagged off the activities of the Ekiti State Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project. It is a World Bank-assisted project with the goal to improve adolescent girls’ access to secondary education opportunities. This platform will be used to remove encumbrances hindering enrolment, attendance and completion of secondary school education. The participating States are Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi and Plateau. Ekiti State will receive U$25m for this project over five years.”