By Ben Ogbemudia, Abuja
The Chairman, Mangal Group and Chief launcher, Alhaji Dahiru Mangal at the Yobe state Education Fund Raising held at Sheraton Hotel, in Abuja yesterday supported the project with a donation of N1 billion.
Also, the Chairman Dangote Group of companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote donated N350 million, as Nigeria Governors’ Forum gave N350 million while Tahir Group of companies donated N100 million.
Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni at the event disclosed that his administration had constructed and renovated over 300 schools, established six Model schools and seven Mega schools across the state.
The governor also revealed that the state government had procured textbooks and laboratory equipment worth N1billion and provided class and office furniture worth over N1 billion to create a conducive atmosphere for learning and teaching in the schools.
“My administration had trained and retrained about 10,000 teachers to improve their capacity on teaching methodology to impart knowledge and skills efficiently and effectively.
“The state government is employing more qualified teachers to man the schools.
”This administration has also taken deliberate measures to enrich the school feeding programme and recently, we introduced chicken and eggs on the school menu to ensure that no student abandons school due to lack of feeding.
Our investment in education in the last two years has paid off handsomely. Our students’ performances in national examinations have improved tremendously with more qualified candidates to exhaust the state’s admission quota in tertiary institutions.”
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Buni expressed his gratitude to President Muhammadu Buhari and the security agencies for the commitment and resilience in fighting insurgency to give Yobe the desired peace and security to rebuild education.
” I also wish to appreciate the federal government, our development partners and the World Bank for supporting our efforts to revitalize education in Yobe state.
He explained that the fund raising would enable the state to develop and maintain high standard of education philosophy; education policy; legal, regulatory, and institutional arrangement in the Basic and Secondary Education sub sector.
He also said that the fund would help the state eliminate the problem of out-of-school children; maintain the highest standard of enrolment, attendance, and retention with special attention to girls’ education.
