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Member representing Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Muktar Tolani Shagaya, has called for adequate funding of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, as a means of tackling the out-of-school children menace. In a sponsored bill, the lawmaker asked for an amendment to the principal Act, “the Compulsory Free Universal Basic Education”, which he said would ensure adequate funding of basic education to enable children to attend schools across the nation. The lawmaker, who is the Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education Services, identified p…