Kaduna Launches Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment Project 

In demonstration of its commitment to the improvement of Girl-child education and empowerment, the Kaduna State Government has officially launched the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project. 

According to a statement by the Communication Officer of AGILE project Linda Irabor, the World Bank Country Director, Shubham Chaudri, reiterated the Bank’s Development Agenda of enhancing the empowerment of Nigerian women and girls.

The World bank Country Director, represented by the AGILE Project’s Task Team Leader( TTL) Aisha Garba,  emphasized that the Agenda is  evidenced in its financing of the Project to the tune of 1.2 billion dollars which is one of the Bank’s biggest education projects in West Africa.

Chaudri commended Kaduna State Government for taking full ownership of the AGILE project, pointing out that it is a factor that has contributed immensely to its commendable level of project implementation.

In her remarks, the AGILE Project’s National Coordinator, Amina Buba Haruna who also commended Kaduna state for launching the project, urged it not to relent on its efforts to achieve the AGILE Project’s development objectives

Recall that AGILE Project is a World Bank assisted initiative of the Federal Government aimed at improving secondary education and empowerment opportunities for adolescent girls in the current implementing states of Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, and Plateau.