The Yobe state government of Nigeria has released N3.7 billion Naira
for various capital projects in the state.
The decision was reached at the end of an executive council
meeting held in Damaturu the state capital
Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting, the state’s
Commissioner of Information, Aji Bularafa said the projects are in the area of
education, health, security and others.
Education received the lion share of the disbursement as
disclosed by Mr Aji Bularafa.
He said 1.1 billion naira is earmarked for the renovation
and reconstruction of one secondary school in each senatorial zones of the
state.
Benefiting schools according to him include; GSS Yunusari,
Fika and Gwio-kura.
But the mind boggling issue on the award of the contract is
none of the schools destroyed by the Boko Haram insurgents was listed for the
repair.
The Commissioner for Education, Mohammed Lamin, clarified:
“We did not earmark any of the schools destroyed by the insurgents because the
presidential taskforce on the rehabilitation of the northeast as well as the
Victims Support Fund (VSF) among other non-governmental organizations have set
aside the schools destroyed by the insurgents for rehabilitation and
reconstruction
“It will be very unwise of us to still invest in such
schools. Hence its better and wiser we invest in other school across the state
that is why we selected one school in each of the senatorial zones of the state
for such repairs” the Commissioner said. .
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