The World Bank has revealed that 45 per cent of girls in Nigeria give birth before the age of 18.
This was disclosed by the World Bank Country Director, Ndiame Diop, at the National Conference on Girls’ Education and Empowerment held in Abuja on Tuesday.
Speaking at the conference themed “Effective Partnership on Girls’ Education: Out-of-School Children Education for National Development,” Diop, represented by the World Bank Deputy Country Director, Taimur Samad, said: “Over two-thirds of girls in Nigeria drop out of school before junior secondary school.
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