AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoEducation Reform in Benin: Benin approved a 30 billion FCFA push for the 2026-2027 school year, expanding school feeding to nearly 1.9 million pupils, boosting support for border regions, and tackling gender gaps with tuition waivers for girls in TVET plus new classroom desks. Media Capacity Building: MTN, the University of Johannesburg and the African Editors’ Forum launched the first cohort of the MTN Pan-African Media Innovation Programme, training 42 journalists and media practitioners from 10 countries including Benin. Drug Crackdown in Edo (Benin-linked region): NDLEA says it arrested 68 suspected drug traffickers in Edo in August and seized over 7,500kg of narcotics, including cannabis farms destroyed. WAFU Zone B Football (Benin teams in focus): In the women’s qualifiers, Ghana’s Ampem Darkoa beat Benin’s FC Dynamique 4-1 to reach the final against Edo Queens, while the WAFU B U-17 draw placed Benin in Group A for the 2027 qualifiers in Ouagadougou. Governance & Accountability (Edo): Edo Governor Okpebholo accused the House of Assembly of failing to execute constituency projects since September 2025, prompting a push for transparency reforms.
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