This YouTube Shorts by Olasupo Abideen Opeyemi from Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative (BBYDI) highlights how rising costs and economic hardship in Nigeria are turning school attendance into a daily struggle for many families, with girls particularly at risk of dropping out and facing early marriage and long-term disadvantage.
Drawing on community research in Kwara State, Nigeria, BBYDI shows how financial pressures are undermining learning continuity and student wellbeing, while also presenting its efforts to support access to education, digital inclusion, and safe learning environments. Abideen underlines that global financial pressures are visible in empty classrooms and missed opportunities, and stresses that if education is to remain a right, it must be actively protected in times of economic crisis.