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Nigeria: One in five girls in Oyo not in school ─ NGO

Nigeria: One in five girls in Oyo not in school ─ NGO

Africa Links 24 with Kingsley Alumona
Published on 2025-06-20 22:45:00

A non-governmental organisation (NGO), the Black Girls’ Dream Initiative (BGDI), has revealed that over one in five girls of school age in Oyo State is not in school, making the state the highest with out-of-school children in south-western Nigeria.

The BGDI, in association with some education stakeholders in the state, made this known in Ibadan on Wednesday during a sensitisation workshop organised by the NGO, in partnership with Global Schools Forum and the IDF Foundation, and themed…

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