Eight states of the federation have failed to access the N377.07m earmarked for Special Needs Education by the Federal Government through the Universal Basic Education Commission, The PUNCH has learnt. The fund is lying fallow despite the poor state of special needs schools in Nigeria. In 2017, the commission noted that Edo and Imo states again, failed to access N30, 400,600 each. Speaking in an interview with The PUNCH, a special needs education advocate, Yusuf Balogun, noted that the failure of states to access special intervention grants hinders special needs education in the country. “The failure of states to access these special intervention grants is a core hindrance to thorough, efficient special needs education in the country.

Source: Punch June 06, 2022 00:01 UTC