Why I dropped out of school to become commercial driver

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Mr Monguno recounted his experience on Wednesday on the floor of the Senate while contributing to a motion sponsored by Adebule Oluranti on the need to find a solution to the increasing number of Out-of-School children in Nigeria. “The reason why I dropped out of school was because in my community, then, the vogue was to be a driver because once you are a driver, you are the talk of town and the elite in my community.

Mr Monguno, now a trained lawyer, said he was lucky to have returned to school because one of his uncles insisted that he must attain western education. Mr Monguno narrated the story of his early life to underscore the disadvantages of children quitting formal education to pursue other interests.According to the United Nations Children’s Fund , one in three children in Nigeria is out of school, totalling 10.2 million at the primary level and 8.1 million at the junior secondary school level.

There are a number of factors that contributed to the increasing number of Out-of-School children in the country such as early/child marriage, economic barriers, conflict, socio-cultural norms, and lack of inclusive policies/practices in schools.It also urged the ministries of justice in the states to establish mobile courts for the enforcement of the provision of the UBE Act, with a view to reducing the high rate of Out-of-School children in the country.

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