At UNGA 81: Nigeria, Italy join forces in massive $5bn global education funding

—Vision aligns with our agenda to improve outcomes, invest in access, capacity building- Tinubu—Education driving Nigeria’s economic future, prosperity, says VP Shettima By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Nigeria and Italy on Wednesday strengthened collaboration to implement the proposed Global Partnership for Education (GPE) financing campaign targeted at mobilizing $5 billion for education financing worldwide. This is just as President Bola Tinubu has said the GPE vision aligns with Nigeria’s agenda which aims at improving educational outcomes by investing in access as well as capacity building for teachers. President Tinubu stated this in New York, United States, during the Multiply Possibility High-level event tagged, “A New Era for Education Financing” held on the margins of the ongoing 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly.

In his intervention, President Tinubu, in a video message, also commended stakeholders in the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) for their efforts in accelerating education financing globally. Speaking at the event, the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, who is representing the Nigerian President at the global gathering, noted that education is an investment in Nigeria’s economic future, and productivity as well as the prosperity and stability of its citizens, stressing that it is not merely an expenses at the margins of the country’s development agenda. “For Nigeria, education is not an expenditure at the margins of our development agenda. It is an investment in our economic future, national productivity, and the prosperity and stability of our people. “Since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu assumed office in 2023, our Administration has substantially increased resources devoted to education, while pursuing reforms to strengthen basic…