WIRE — Kano State has been ranked as the highest-performing sub-national government in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for education spending, according to the 2026 Sub-National Education Spending Index published by the University of Paris. The report placed Kano first among 209 first-level sub-national governments across the 15 ECOWAS member states, citing the states

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