According to UNICEF, Nigeria currently has more than 10 million out-of-school children, most of them in the North. On Tuesday, October 26, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari said the fear and trauma of abduction are forcing children out of school. Here is the reported number of abducted school children in Nigeria by state since 2014.
The average IGR by the North-Eastern states was ₦9.5 billion. The region generated the least revenue, with Yobe recording the nation’s least IGR. Here is a breakdown of the Federation Account Allocation and Internally Generated Revenue by North-Eastern states in 2020.