The European Union (EU) has pledged to assist Borno State with €20million, approximately N8 billion, to revamp its educational sector.


The state, the worst affected by Boko Haram crisis, had its education crippled for about two years as both primary and secondary schools were closed even as scores of teachers were slaughtered by the terrorist group.

The EU, who is supporting the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and Plan International to execute the projects in the troubled state, said at the launch yesterday in Maiduguri that over 150,000 children and 2,500 teachers will directly benefit from two projects it is funding in the state.

The EU said the projects were aimed at providing immediate education services with a view to strengthening the education system in Borno State.


It said the projects, for which €20million had already been earmarked for, will expand and deepen the already extensive EU humanitarian and development assistance to the victims of violence and displacement in Nigeria’s North East while addressing some of the underlying drivers of violence extremism in Nigeria