Jigawa State government is going to pay girls N19,000 to go to school

The Jigawa State Universal Basic Education has
said plans are in place to begin paying girls in
primary and secondary school as much as N19,000
to go to school.
This allowance will sum up to N57,000 per session
(N19,000 per term).
The Executive Chairman of the board, Salisu Zakar,
said this during a chit-chat with journalists in
Dutse, saying the project will be funded by their
development partner, Global Partnership for
Education (GPE).
That's not all.
Parents won't be left out. The parent will get
N40,000 as their daughters get their money. This,
according to Salisu, "is to encourage girl-child
education in the state to a large extent".