The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) has rolled out a new programme in Kogi State to give disadvantaged girls and young women renewed access to education.
Known as the ‘Second Chance Education Programme’, the initiative provides opportunities for out-of-school girls to either return to formal learning or acquire vocational and life skills that will make them self-reliant.
At a stakeholders’ engagement in Kabba themed “Second Chance Education; Restoring Hope, Rekindling Dreams, Empowering Girls and Women,” the State Project Coordinator of AGILE, Ahmed Tijjani Oricha—represented by his deputy, Aminat Suleiman—said the project is aimed at raising awareness on the importance of giving adolescent girls another opportunity to pursue education.
She explained that many girls dropped out due to poverty, early marriage, or family responsibilities, and urged beneficiaries to remain determined as the programme accommodates both academic and non-academic pathways.
The programme’s component lead, Hajia Maryam Bello, described the initiative as a drive to restore dignity and opportunity to young women whose education was disrupted. She appealed to parents, community leaders, and stakeholders to support the project, stressing that “when you educate a girl, you transform a family, and when you transform families, you transform communities.”
