{
  "id": 857190,
  "title": "N65bn counterpart funds, N267bn education grants lying idle – UBEC",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/n65bn-counterpart-funds-n267bn-education-grants-lying-idle-ubec",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T07:26:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Trust",
    "slug": "daily-trust",
    "url": "https://dailytrust.com/n65bn-counterpart-funds-n267bn-education-grants-lying-idle-ubec/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has said that more than N65 billion in counterpart funds and about N267 billion in previously released intervention funds for basic education remain unutilised. The commission said the development was undermining efforts to improve learning outcomes, urging state governments to ensure that education funds were accessed and effectively deployed. […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}