The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has announced plans to educate and empower one million underserved Nigerian girls under its Learning, Uniting, Modernising, Innovating, Nurturing, Accelerating, and Harmonising (LUMINAH) 2030 initiative.
UBEC’s Executive Secretary, Aisha Garba, disclosed this in Abuja at the opening of a five-day programme on the LUMINAH 2030–UBEC Migration and Establishment Agenda.
She explained that the commission had officially taken over the initiative from the Federal Ministry of Education to ensure its sustainability and long-term impact.
“LUMINAH 2030 illuminates the path to education and empowerment. It integrates schooling, skills training, caregiver support, and community engagement to address the root causes that have kept our girls out of school,” Garba said.
Represented by UBEC’s Deputy Executive Secretary (Technical), Razak Akinyemi, Garba acknowledged the contributions of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a global programme that supported LUMINAH 2030 from inception but has a limited lifespan.
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She stressed that embedding LUMINAH within UBEC secures its continuity, aligns it with Nigeria’s education priorities, and ensures a lasting legacy.
“By institutionalising LUMINAH within UBEC, we ensure it will endure. It is fully aligned with UBEC’s 10-year roadmap (2021–2030) and the national education transformation agenda. Our goal is to deliver an inclusive, scalable, and data-driven model that reaches the most marginalised girls,” she added.
Garba further highlighted UBEC’s commitment to partnerships with state governments, civil society, the private sector, and local communities, with a strong emphasis on accountability, monitoring, and measurable impact.
