The National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children’s Education on Tuesday distanced itself from controversial projects contained in its 2026 Appropriation Act.
It stated that the projects were not conceived by the Commission but were National Assembly constituency projects assigned to it for implementation.
The clarification followed a Daily Trust report on the inclusion of projects perceived to be outside the Commission’s statutory mandate in the 2026 Federal Budget.
The report raised questions over why an agency established to address the Almajiri system and Nigeria’s out-of-school children crisis was earmarked to implement projects considered unrelated to its core education mandate.
Reacting in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media and Communications to the Executive Secretary of the commission, Nura Muhammad, the commission said the projects in question formed part of constituency interventions captured in the Appropriation Act and allocated to it in line with existing budgetary practice.
