Emir of Duguri calls for support to ongoing Child School enrolment campaign Project

Emir of Duguri Alhaji Adamu Mohd Duguri has called on people of his Emirate to support the Girl Child Enrollment School Campaign under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment AGILE project in Bauchi state
The Emir made the call When the AGILE team led by Hajiya Ladi Hamma paid him an advocacy visit in his palace at , Duguri
The Emir said the aims of AGILE especially the Conditional Cash Transfer of component is to support and encourage Girl Child education in the state and dispelled any negative narrative against the rational behind the project
The traditional leader emphasized the importance of Girl Child Education which he noted cannot be over emphasized, hence the need for parents and guardians to enroll their children and wards particularly girl child in Western and Islamic education for a better society
According to him, AGILE activities has complemented the state government effort to drastically reduce the numbers of out of school across the state
Alhaji Adamu Muhammad Duguri therefore assured his council readiness to support Adolescent Girls initiative for learning and Empowerment to succeed in the Bauchi state and praised them for the initiative
Earlier, the Bauchi State AGILE coordinator Hajiya Ladi Hamma said the project is targeting forty thousand Adolescents Girls and over twelve thousand have so far Benefited across the twenty Local Government Areas of the state.
Similarly, she said , under the arrangement , forty new Schools would be constructed while over one hundred are to be renovated, saying the project also provided entrepreneurial skills to the students to enable them become self reliant after graduation
According to the Coordinator Bauchi State AGILE has implemented various projects under different components to include enrollment, cash transfer, renovation and building of schools among others
Hajiya Ladi Hamma then solicited the support of the Emir towards enlightening the people on the enrollment requirements of AGILE for the success of project in the state