Nigeria, Dec. 11 -- Governor Alex Otti of Abia State says he allocated 20 per cent of the state's N1.016 trillion 2026 budget to the education sector because education remains the "fulcrum" of his administration.

Mr Otti stressed that he had maintained the allocation of 20 per cent of the state's annual budget to the sector since assuming office in 2023.

The figure met the benchmark of 15 to 20 per cent recommended by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for the education sector.

Mr Otti disclosed this when he received in his office the Abia-born President-elect of the All-African Students' Union (AASU), Enyinnaya Osisiogu, and his delegation, according to a statement from the governor's media aide, Ferd...