UNICEF Pushes State Assemblies to Prioritise Children in Budget Planning, Fund Releases
Ahmad Sorondinki in Kano
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on state Houses of Assembly to ensure children’s interests are prioritised from state planning to federal budget preparation and fund releases.
Speaking at a Capacity Building Workshop on Public Financing Mechanisms, organised by UNICEF and partners, held in Kano Tuesday, UNICEF Chief Social Policy Specialist, Isaac Otarbor, said the goal was to see more resources deployed to children across all levels of government.
Otarbor said, “We are interested to see more resources are deployed to children and what that means right from the state planning, federal level up to budget preparation, national planning.
