The Christian Association of Nigeria CAN and Jama’atu Nasir Islam JNI have pledged support as the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC starts headcount of teachers and school children across Nigeria.

The religious groups pledged their support at a meeting of the 2022 Personnel Audit of all Basic Education Institutions in Abuja.

The CAN General Secretary, Joseph Daramola, commended UBEC for embarking on the exercise, saying it was critical in view of the need to reposition the education sector in Nigeria. He said CAN would sensitise the various religious groups under it at all levels to ensure the success of the exercise.

General Secretary, JNI, Khalil Aliyu, said the headcount was crucial as it would help with comprehensive data for proper planning and budgeting for the education sector.

He thanked the Federal Government for considering faith-based schools to be part of the headcount as against the 2018 headcount, which did not include faith-based institutions at basic levels.