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The reality behind our mission

Potential is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

Every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, dream and succeed. Yet millions of children in Nigeria face barriers that can limit their futures before they have the chance to discover their potential.Everychilddeservestheopportunitytolearn,grow,dreamandsucceed.YetmillionsofchildreninNigeriafacebarriersthatcanlimittheirfuturesbeforetheyhavethechancetodiscovertheirpotential.

• 10.2 million10.2 million

  children of primary-school age are out of school

  Primary-school-age children not attending school. A further 8.1 million children of secondary-school age are also out of school.

  45% of out-of-school children live in the Northwest and 28% in the Northeast.

  Source · UNICEF Nigeria, 2025

  UNICEF Nigeria Annual Report 2025 — “Nigeria’s Children: The Numbers That Call Us to Action”. Underlying data: MICS-EAGLE Nigeria Education Fact Sheets 2023 (age group per UNICEF’s 2024 Situation Analysis summary). Verified Nov 2026. National figure for Nigeria, not specific to Sango Ota.

• 54%54%

  of children live in multidimensional poverty

  Children aged 0–17 deprived in multiple dimensions of well-being (e.g. health, education, housing, water).

  Multidimensional poverty measures deprivations, not income alone. Other UNICEF publications using different measures report higher figures. We show the 2025 Annual Report figure.

  Source · UNICEF Nigeria, 2025

  UNICEF Nigeria Annual Report 2025 — “Nigeria’s Children: The Numbers That Call Us to Action”. Underlying data: UNICEF & Federal Ministry of Budget and National Planning, child poverty analysis (2021). Verified Nov 2026. National figure for Nigeria, not specific to Sango Ota.

National figures for Nigeria from UNICEF Nigeria's 2025 Annual Report. They describe the country as a whole, not Sango Ota specifically.