From El-Yakub Dabai
Birnin Kebbi
Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi state has approved the release of over Two point Four Billion Naira for the construction and rehabilitation of school structures in Kebbi State
While addressing Newsmen in Birnin Kebbi,the Executive Secretary Kebbi State Universal Basic Education Board, Hassan Umar said the gesture was Governor’s deliberate policy towards improving education in the State.
“The approved money will be used to construct eighty-six secondary schools,rehabilitate existing two hundred and twenty-four schools while about seven thousand,one hundred and fifteen sets of furniture will be made available to the learning institutions” Umar said.
The Executive Secretary said “In addition to this all schools that have broken fences will be reconstructed while new ones would be provided to schools that don’t have them in order to provide maximum security to both teaching staff and students”
This approval is the third of its kind granted by Governor Nasir Idris in recent weeks after the N2.4b for the purchase and distribution of fertilizer besides the N9.3b for road construction in the State Capital.
