Federal, States Government To Spend Only 8% of 2016 Budget on Education

This amount will mainly be spent on bureaucracies of education ministries, teachers’ recruitment and salaries.

Of its N6.1 trillion budget, the federal government is spending N367.73 billion (6.01 percent) on education.

The 33 states will spend N653.53 billion (10.70percent) of their total budget of N6.1trillion.

This figure is far below the 26 percent bench mark set by UNESCO on education for developing countries.