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.
Jigawa State had the least IGR among the North-Western states, generating one of the lowest IGRs of the 36 states and the FCT. Kano received the highest share of the Federation Account Allocation in the region.
