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| Kaduna Budgets N3.5bn For Education | |
| By: Virgin boy Date: January 19, 2014, 12:09 am | |
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| Gov. Muktar Yero of Kaduna State on Saturday said the state | |
| government had earmarked N3.5 billion to develop the education | |
| sector in 2014. | |
| Yero said this at the 2013 Annual General Meeting of Barewa Old | |
| Boys Association (BOBA) at Barewa College in Zaria, Kaduna | |
| State. | |
| Represented by Alhaji Ibrahim Ali, the Commissioner for | |
| Education, Yero said the money would be used for new schools, | |
| rehabilitation of the existing ones and supply of facilities. | |
| He advised members of BOBA and other schools old boys� | |
| associations in the state to redouble efforts at complementing | |
| government stride toward rescuing dwindling educational | |
| standard. | |
| �I want to restate that education had remained one of the | |
| topmost priorities of our administration. We will do everything | |
| within our power to revive it. | |
| �However, we require the support and assistance from private | |
| individuals, associations and corporate organisations, to | |
| further safe the system,�� he said. | |
| In his speech, the BOBA National President, Dr Umaru | |
| Abdulmutallab, urged politicians to borrow a leaf from late | |
| Waziri Ibrahim, who advocated the slogan �Politics without | |
| bitterness��. | |
| �Remember, the constitution of Nigeria guarantees freedom of | |
| association. | |
| �Our members, and indeed, other Nigerians should not look at | |
| politics, especially elections into political offices as a do or | |
| die affair, but be mindful of culture of humility, competence | |
| and accountability.�� | |
| He thanked the state government for the support and sustained | |
| interest in the well-being of Barewa College. | |
| Earlier, the Acting Principal of the college, Malam Tanimu Musa, | |
| said BOBA had assisted the college to facilitate payment of 10 | |
| English and Mathematics part-time teachers since 2009. | |
| The other areas of BOBA assistance, according to him, include | |
| building of one VIP toilet and renovation of many others, | |
| rehabilitation of Muhammad Dikko Assembly Hall and the school | |
| main gate. | |
| Musa assured that the college in collaboration with the state | |
| government and the college�s Parents Teachers Association were | |
| doing everything possible to make the college better | |
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