Nigeria Governors Forum Opens 2-Day National Education Forum in Abuja
TEC News|Abuja | 9th December, 2025.
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) has commenced a two-day National Education Forum in Abuja, bringing together key players across the nation’s education sector to deliberate on sustainable funding models for Nigerian schools.
The event, held in collaboration with the Nigeria Education Forum, the Federal Ministry of Education, state governments and other partnering organisations, is themed “Pathways to Sustainable Education Financing: Developing a Synergy Between the Town and Gown in Nigeria.”
Participants at the high-level gathering include Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, GCON, the Minister of Education, Minister of State for Education, Minister along with other stakeholders from across the country.
Declaring the forum open, Vice President Senator Kashim Shettima, represented by his Special Adviser, Dr. Aliyu Modibo Umar, praised the commitment of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to the development of the country’s education sector. According to him, having served across four administrations, he has not witnessed any government demonstrate more interest in education than the current one.
He emphasised, however, that government cannot continue to solely bear the cost of education funding, stressing the need for broader collaboration with non-state actors to strengthen sector performance and outcomes.
In her remarks, the Minister of State for Education, Dr. Shuwaiba Sai’d Ahmed, challenged stakeholders to prioritise the construction of more junior and senior secondary schools across the country. She highlighted the alarming disparity between the number of primary and secondary schools nationwide—70,000 primary schools compared to only 11,000 secondary schools—calling for urgent expansion to close the gap.
The forum continues on Wednesday, with TEC News set to provide further updates as discussions progress.
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