The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says state governments and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have accessed about N234 billion in matching grants for basic education following reforms that addressed longstanding bottlenecks in the funding framework.
Aisha Garba, Executive Secretary of UBEC, disclosed this on Thursday during an interactive session with members of the Education Correspondents Association of Nigeria (ECAN) in Abuja.
Garba said the reforms had reduced unaccessed matching grants from more than N260 billion to about N26 billion, ending years in which states were unable to draw down funds meant to support basic education projects.
She attributed the improvement to the review of UBEC’s matching grant guidelines and the restructuring of the Basic Education Action Plan (BEAP), which now gives states greater flexibility to address their unique education priorities.
“Over the years, states were not coming to access the 50 per cent due to them, and because of
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