While expressing concern over increased cases of out-of-school children, the foundation expressed concern that the nation is sitting on a ticking-time-bomb if government continues to ignore children on the streets.
Adeagbo, who identified insecurity, poverty and early child marriage as some of the factors responsible for increase in number of out-of-school children reminded that education is key to fighting poverty. Adeagbo, a chartered accountant based in the United Kingdom, said: “Whenever I come to Nigeria, I see lots of children on the streets, some of them are wiping my windscreen in traffic and I kept wondering what they are doing on the streets when they should be in school. The security challenges has exacerbated the situation, especially in the north, because children are being kidnapped and parents are now scared of sending their wards to school.
She added that the mission of the foundation is to ensure that every child has access to quality education, so that they could fulfill their potentials, bring them out of poverty, ensure that everyone has access to education to enable us meet target in terms of human capacity.
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