Nigeria, Nov. 21 -- Katsina, Kano and Jigawa states account for 16 per cent of Nigeria's 10.2 million out-of-school children, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has said.

The agency stressed education and nutrition indicators in parts of the North-west remain among the worst in the country.

The Chief of UNICEF's Kano Field Office, Rahama Farah, disclosed this on Thursday in Kano at the public presentation of the Nigerian Child 2025 Report, held as part of activities marking this year's World Children's Day.

The event was organised by the Kano State Radio Corporation in collaboration with UNICEF and attended by journalists from Katsina, Kano and Jigawa.

Mr Farah said data from the newly released report showed that Katsina, Kan...