UN Women/United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women has
said from the statistics available that only 3 per
cent of adolescent girls complete their secondary
education in the Northern Nigeria.
Speaking at the Planning/Review Meeting with
Media Partners in Jos, Plateau State, the Deputy
Programme Manager, UN Women, Peter Mancha,
said in the North West and North East regions
that only about 20per cent of women are literate.
Mancha blamed high rate of poverty and
ignorance as being responsible for this ugly
development, as some parents of these drop-out
girls do not understand the value of education.
He also identified culture and traditions that
have restricted women from going to school,
adding that such obnoxious culture should be
jettisoned by various communities to promote
girl-child education.
The Deputy Programme Manager urged the
parents to look beyond the immediate benefits
they derive by not sending their children
especially the girl child, noting women and girls
should be encouraged and supported to be
literate for socio-economic development of the
region.
Commenting on the programme tagged
“Promoting Women Engagement in Peace and
Security in Northern Nigeria, which is a project
being funded by the European Union and
implemented by the United Nations Entity for
Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women,
Mancha explained that a baseline survey has
been carried out in the three pilot States of
Adamawa, Gombe and Plateau where the project
is being implemented.

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that's quite poor