Girl-child education, central to human capital development — Akinbi

Senior Special Adviser to the Vice President on Economic Matters, Yosola Akinbi, has said that girl-child education remains central to human capital development in Nigeria.

Akinbi, who also doubles as the Coordinator of the Core Working Group on Human Capital Development in Nigeria, stated this when she hosted a media squad on demographic dividends in Abuja.

According to her, “For Nigeria to move forward we must focus on these six critical outcomes, cutting across the three thematic areas of health and nutrition, labour force, education.

“One of the critical and most important thing in human capital development is education of the girl-child. So in terms of the six critical outcomes we’ve identified, the girl-child education is paramount for us.

She further stated that Nigeria must not relent in its push for human capital development, saying that, “It is not an easy task, but we can do it. Collectively we must work towards it. We have certain targets that we have set for ourselves and we need to continue monitoring to make sure that all the stakeholders, that is the states, communities are inputting into that role.