Oyo Govt plans to implement Girl-child Programme- Commissioner

The Oyo State Government says plans are underway for the implementation of the Girl-child Programme, targeting girls between ages 16 and 24 years.
The Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Prof. Musbau Babatunde, made this known on Tuesday in Ibadan.
Babatunde said the initiative was designed to comprehensively address the education concerns of girls across the country.
According to him, Oyo State Government will implement this, in collaboration with TYDO-Leadership Academy, the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office (NASSCO) and Oyo State Operation Coordinating Unit (OYOSOCU).
He said that the process of implementing the girl-child programme was only for residents of the state.
“The main objective of the programme is to select nothing less than 150 female beneficiaries across the country who are between ages 16 and 24 years and have advanced in Senior Secondary School,” he said.
Babatunde said the programme would target girls who had completed Senior Secondary Education with good grades in Mathematics and English, would be mined from the National Social Register of the Poor and Vulnerable across the 36 states of the federation including the FCT.
According to him, the state Operations Coordinating Unit, under the supervision of Oyo State Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, would supervise the project.
He said the unit would supervise the deployment of about 150,000 sms, while responses would be received in Abuja.
Babatunde appealed to residents with active phone numbers to attend to the sms, whenever they received any.
“The intervention would use the call centre through 969 to address complaints from potential beneficiaries,” he said.
The commissioner, therefore, urged those concerned to seize the opportunity given to Oyo State, to benefit from the programme maximally.