Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has been named chairman of the committee on the state of emergency in the education sector declared by the Sokoto State government.

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who announced this in a statement by his spokesperson Imam Imam, explained that the government’s aim was to implement the recommendations on how to revive the sector.

He said the committee would advise the government on modalities to be adopted to achieve set targets.

The governor, who spoke after a meeting with former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, John Campbell, and author of the recently-launched biography of President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof John N. Paden, noted that successes recorded in the education sector needed to be consolidated upon.

Tambuwal said: “The state of emergency declared in the sector has enabled us to approach problems in that area holistically. We have identified what needs to be done and we are putting measures in place to address the challenges in the short, medium and long term.

“So far, we identified areas where children had no access to schools and we are building new schools there. In majority of the areas surveyed by our experts, we found the need to rebuild existing structures which we have started. Other school development components like teacher training and retraining and provision of infrastructure are also ongoing,” he added.

Tambuwal said after due consultation, the government would announce other members of the committee.

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This year’s World Teachers’ Day celebration was low keyed nationwide. The reason was not far-fetched.

Twenty-eight state governemnts are owing their workers salaries. Of this number, teachers appear to be worst hit, indicating that they feel the bite of the economic recession more than other civil servants.

At the yearly event held globally on Wednesday October 5, the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) urged the government to reconsider its stance on teachers.

It called on members to use this year’s occasion for sober reflection,  urging authorities to invite stakeholders to discuss how to wriggle out of the recession.

“This (economic) recession is not only affecting our members but Nigerians as a whole,’’ NUT National President Michaal Alogba Olukoya, said.

“We need to sit with the government, discuss economic diversification and also change our curriculum to meet the enormity of the economic demands in our country.

“By now, we should be looking at where our army of unemployed graduates should function appropriately to enhance their economic usefulness. We should also borrow a leaf from countries that did it and succeeded in the past,” Olukoya added.

In many states however, the Day was celebrated with mixed feelings.

NUT Chairman in Niger State, Comrade Ibrahim Umar, lamented  the irregular payment of teachers’ salaries and allowances in the state, adding that this had literally turned his colleagues to beggars.

He said: “It is very demoralising, unfair and unjust to allow teachers, particularly at the primary school level stay for two to four months without salaries. Teachers, who are known to be pacesetters and models, have been compelled to become unceremonious beggars and most neglected species within the family of civil service, a position they don’t deserve.”

He continued: “The implication of this trend and its attendant consequences is greatly affecting the morale of our esteemed members and indeed the growth and development of our education system.”

In his address, the state Head of Service, Alhaji Sule Yabagi, acknowledged that teachers’ morale had dropped considerably. Nonetheless, Yabagi assured that the administration was doing everything within its powers to improve the lives of teachers and the education sector. He praised the union for maintaining industrial peace, soliciting more cooperation with the government.

Although celebration was also low key in Lagos, teachers were happy that the state government had paid their salaries to date.

NUT Chairman, Lagos State, Otunba Adesegun Raheem, urged the government to appoint primary school teachers as headmaster-general on grade level 17 like their secondary schools counterparts. Raheem, who decried the shortage of primary school teachers in Lagos, thanked the government for recruiting 1000 primary school teachers recently.

Further, he canvassed the extension of the Eko Education Project to primary schools.

”The primary school is the foundation that ought to be laid before we put the secondary superstructure,” he said.

Raheem urged the government to increase grants to schools. ‘’The underfunding to basic schools is so regrettable that head teachers spend their money to buy stationery, recharge cards and treat injured pupils, among others,’’ he explained.

Similarly, Raheem wants some abrograted allowances restored by the government. These, he said, included sports, riverine, science, hostel, rural, and duty post allowances, among others.

He advised his colleagues to register with theTeachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) and stay away from any act of misconduct.

Chairman of NUT Amuwo Odofin in Lagos, Adewale Adeyemi Ezekiel, said celebrating Teachers Day in the zone was to make about 1200 of their members feel the union’s pulse.

“After the day (at the state level), we want to come back to our level at this chapter and make our teachers happy. We are their servants and we want them to feel us.

‘’We are having a fair deal as our governor has been doing wonders in the prompt payment of our salaries. When you look around, you discover that about 28 states nationwide are yet to pay salaries. But in Lagos, we received our salaries at least by 22nd or 23rd of every month.

‘’So, we are sharing the feelings of other states unable to pay to draw government’s attention to the plight of our colleagues in other states.’’

Corroborating Ezekiel, the Publicity Secretary, All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPPS) Mr Ademola Omotayo, lamented the plight of his colleagues in other states.

“You must have heard of how governments are treating our teachers in other states. We are lucky because here (Lagos), we enjoy pecks, such as teachers’ bus. The educational districts also bring us close to authorities; by so doing, we would get more commitment by teachers towards their work in appreciation to government that has done them so well.’’

The union branch secretary Adekoya Adebayo and Chairman,  Association of Primary School Head teachers Amuwo Odofin axis, Messrs Adekoya Adebayo and Saheed Adekunle, sought improved training for teachers.

“Some of our colleagues still don’t have the basic qualification. So, we need to have the experience,” the duo said. They also admonished defaulting states to pay outstanding salaries and provide instructional materials to make teaching and learning easier.

Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation (WAPA), Lola Akande, spoke on teachers’ role during a similar event by the Ikeja chapter of NUT.

She said: “Teachers play a vital role in our daily lives. They are not only a means of implementing education goals but are key players in sustainability and national capacity in achieving learning and moulding the society through basic knowledge, values and ethics. Teachers continue to face challenges brought about by staff shortages, poor training and low status.”

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THE Advanced Management Programme (AMP) Class 26 of the Pan Atlantic University, Lekki, Lagos, has donated an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre to Lekki Community High School in Ibeju-Lekki.

The facility, named School Knowledge Centre, was inaugurated by the donors, who adopted the school.

Principal of the senior arm of the school, Mr Ebenezer Olusanya, urged his teachers to ensure that all the pupils were computer literate in the next three months.

“I feel fulfilled,”Olusanya began,”Most of the things that have come to this school have been through the grace of God and the AMP Class 26 of the Lagos Business School (LBS). When you (AMP Class) donated furniture to the school, we promised you that there will be improvement in the West African Senior Secondary School Examination (WASSCE). This year, we have at least 70 per cent success. You also took the pupils out for sightseeing and that changed their lives for good.We must also be grateful to the Lagos State Government.

“In the next three months, I promise that all my pupils will be computer literate. That means they will start attending classes after school from 3pm-5pm. Today, we may not have structures, but I can boldly say that my school is the best in Epe Local Government.

“You must learn how to use the computer. It is for you,” Olusanya admonished the pupils.

An alumnus and Vice Chairman, Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Lagos State, Mr Wasiu Aiyeola, expressed gratitude to the class for members’efforts in facilitating the project, which, he said, would transform the school.

“When I was a pupil of this school in the ’80s, if someone had prophesied that there would be an ICT centre here, I would have contested it. These children you have helped are my siblings,” he said.

The AMP Class 26 also sponsored the Best teacher award, took the winners on one-week ICT training and presented a laptop to each of them.

Mr Lateef Ogunbekun bagged the award for the junior school category, while Mr Gabriel Abikoye, won at the senior cadre.

Public Relations Officer (PRO) of AMP Class 26, Mr Tobechukwu Inadozie, told the pupils not be intimidated by their humble beginning.

He said: “It is tough leaving a school like this to compete with others out there.But one thing I learnt growing up in a school like this myself is that if you can succeed in a school in a remote area, then you can succeed anywhere. Being in this school is not a disadvantage. It is not about the external things, but what is inside of you.”

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Despite the recent attack on Lagos State Model College, Igbonla in Epe, where some pupils and teachers were kidnapped, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Olanrewaju Ogunyemi, has assured that schools in the state  are safe for learning.

Ogunyemi, Chairman, House of Assembly Committee on Education, said his committee emphasised  security during its oversight visits to some schools, and that the government had done its best on this.

The lawmaker spoke during the presentation of Excellent Leaders award to him in his office by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Christian Coalition Against Corruption.

According to him, in same manner as in Barbinghton Macaulay Secondary School, Ikorodu, the kidnappers that raided Igbo Nla took the pupils and teachers away in daylight and escaped with a boat.

“This was why Governor Akinwunmi Ambode ordered the demolition of shanties around waterways. The government is providing security in the schools and they have done much for the Lagos State Police Command by buying equipment worth billions of naira for them.

“Our schools are safe and they would continue to be safe. Our government will not compromise on that, and we will soon install CCTV in all the schools,” he said.

Ogunyemi added that a bill on kidnapping that is before the Assembly would be given all the necessary attention, saying the crime has almost become a daily occurrence in the state.

He said Lagos would follow the footsteps of Edo State, which imposes capital punishment on kidnappers, seizes their properties and freezes their bank accounts.

The lawmaker said teachers in the state enjoy the same benefits like other civil servants.

He said the state has enough welfare packages for teachers, and that they also extend vehicle loans to them.

Ogunyemi noted that about 1,300 teachers were recently employed for primary schools, adding that plans are underway to hire additional 1,000 teachers for secondary schools.

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LearnAfrica Education Development Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of LearnAfrica PLC (formerly known as Longman Nigeria Plc), has announced its planned LearnAfrica-NECO Excellence awards for this year.

As is its tradition, the organisation seeks to “recognise and honour distinguished NECO candidates, schools and teachers in all states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory,” in this year’s NECO-Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE)

In a statement made available to The Nation, LearnAfrica praised NECO on improved performance and timely release of results.

It said: “We wish to commend the National Examinations Council (NECO) for the successful conduct of the June/July 2016 Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations (SSCE) and the timely release of the results. We also wish to congratulate the candidates that sat for the examinations on the improvement in the general performance and results when compared with those of 2015.

“It is most gratifying to note that 88.51 per cent of candidates got credit passes in at least five subjects, including Mathematics and English Language. Besides, 84.54 per cent of candidates got credit pass and above in English Language while 80.16 per cent got credit pass and  above in Mathematics.

“As you might be aware, Learn Africa Plc, established the Learn Africa Education Development Foundation in 2012 to support the growth and development of the education sector through provision of education infrastructure and engagement in philanthropic activities that promote learning. Consequently, it instituted the annual LearnAfrica-NECO Excellence Awards for students, teachers and schools at the senior secondary level. The objective was and remains to underscore the importance of excellence in education to our national development as well as encourage hard work, and healthy competition amongst students, teachers and schools.”

The award recognises top-three candidates at the 2016 June/July edition of NECO nationwide. It also rewards the overall best candidates in Mathematics, English Language, Biology and History.  In addition, one teacher from the school that produced the first-placed candidate is rewarded, while all the schools that produced winners receive free books from the Foundation.

“We make bold to say that the successes recorded at the Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations are not without the contributions of our New Concept Mathematics and New Concept English, our ever relevant textbooks on Mathematics and English Language at the secondary level,”the firm said.

The body lauded NECO for intensifying campaign against examination fraud, as well as punishing abettors. It called on authorities to up funding for the education sector in view of its continuous crusade and victory in winning the war on examination malpractice.

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The management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, has suspended the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) for rooting for three of its suspended members. The problem, however, gets messier as the workers have since embarked on solidarity protests outside the school gate for their members until the matter is resolved. ADEGUNLE OLUGBAMILA and ERNEST NWOKOLO, Abeokuta report

Could the crisis at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Ogun State, be a succession struggle?

This is one of the questions agitating the minds of workers as FUNAAB is locked in a battle with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) of the institution.

The problem has further degenerated with the ‘invasion’ of the Academic Staff Union (ASUU), which has warned SSANU not to turn FUNAAB into a ‘Banana Republic’

At the moment, SSANU members are protesting at the institution’s gate, calling for the head of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Olusola Oyewole, immediate past Bursar Mr Moses Ilesanmi (Ilesanmi retired on September 22) as well as the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Council, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe. The union also called on President Muhammadu Buhari, the National Assembly and the Minister of Education to dissolve the Governing Council and set up a Visitation Panel to probe the allegations.

As at the time of filing this report,  SSANU members had boycotted work to participate in the protest.

“We are here at the entrance gate as we have been doing since our union was suspended by management,”  Chairman of SSANU FUNAAB Comrade Rotimi Fasunwon said.

“Management decided to suspend our executive because we kicked against the suspension of three of our members for submitting allegations of financial fraud by the management to Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

“But rather than allow for a thorough investigation, management suspended the petitioners, who are our members. We have, therefore, called on our members to suspend work and join us in this protest.

“We shall continue here (entrance gate) until the management listens to us.

“The tenure of the immediate past bursar expired on September 22, but rather than appoint three other senior officers in that department to replace him, the management picked a Level 13 officer, and made her the Registrar to help them cover the fraud allegations. This is an aberration as the VC cannot disrupt Registry hierarchy. SSANU says no to that.”

The protest, The Nation learnt, was provoked by management’s suspension of the Rotimi Fasunwon-led executive. SSANU’s crime? The union pressed for the recall of three of their members who had been asked to proceed on suspension by management, following a petition earlier by the trio against the management to the EFCC.

ASUU Chairman Dr. Adebayo Oni said they would not condone any attempt by anybody or group to remove Oyewole, through ‘crooked’ route without recourse to ‘due process’ and ‘extant laws’.

But in a text message to The Nation on Monday, the institution’s Head, Directorate of Public Relations (DPR), Emi’ Alawode, said the management was working on settling the matter.

“Management is committed to a truce through dialogue. Efforts are ongoing to see that this is achieved,” she said.

Alawode explained that the  invitation by the EFCC was to enable the VC and Registrar make some clarifications on some issues.

“As public officers as well as responsible and law-abiding citizens, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, and the Bursar, Mr. Moses Ilesanmi, have since honoured the invitation by the anti-graft agency to make clarifications on issues regarding the administration of the university,” Alawode stated.

Nonetheless, The Nation investigation revealed that except urgent steps are taken, truce does not appear in sight yet.

In its 28 years, FUNAAB appears not to have been entangled in industrial crises. However, by last August, the institution slipped into an industrial gridlock, following  the suspension of some union executives — the National Publicity Secretary, Salaam Subbor,  former SSANU National Deputy President Emmanuel Bankole and FUNAAB former Public Relations Officer ‘Lasun Somoye.

The unionists accused the management and the Governing Council of financial corruption of over N108 million. That development has since truncated internal harmony as FUNAAB has known no peace.

The document by the petitioners mentioned how the vice-chancellor, bursar, as well as Senator Ogunlewe and other Council members allegedly ‘defrauded’ the varsity.

The association’s Chairman, Fasunwo Olurotimi, told reporters that the VC collected N23 million as furniture allowance in four years contrary to provisions of the law.

He claimed that the law allows 300 per cent of basic salary once in four years, for officers who are not residing in government apartments, adding that the VC had been collecting N5.7 million yearly, despite residing in a well-furnished apartment built by the institution.

He alleged that despite living in official residence, Oyewole also collected another N23 million as housing/rent allowance.

According to him, the VC had been collecting the money despite a government circular, which prohibited public office holders resident in official quarters from doing so.

Following the petition, EFCC, a few weeks ago, invited and quizzed Oyewole and Ilesanmi at various times at their Ibadan, Oyo State, zonal office – a development that resulted in management’s suspension of the petitioners, The Nation further learnt.

A letter dated August 22, and signed by the university Registrar, M. O. Ayoola, which suspended the three unionists, accused them of “meddlesomeness and with confirmatory evidence of participation in some acts prejudicial to the smooth running and governance of the university.”

In the said letter, the management hinged its action on FUNAB Act, 1992, No 48 and Section 17(2).

In what seemed like a counter -action, SSANU hit back at Oyewole, allegedly ‘suspending’ him. The union also ‘suspended’ Senator  Ogunlewe and members of FUNAAB’s Governing Council.

By the suspension, SSANU claimed, Oyewole, Ogunlewe and others were, therefore, restrained from further exercising their functions as officials of the univarsity until further notice.

Defending his colleagues, Fasunwon said the VC erred in suspending three of their colleagues without fair hearing and due process. He claimed that the suspended members were neither queried nor made to face any Disciplinary Committee before the action was taken against them.

Further, Fasunwon argued that it was wrong for the VC of a university to take such a unilateral decision when he was still under investigation by a government agency.

ASUU’s line of reasoning was, however, different.  According to the union, any aggrieved staff or union should not resort to “lawlessness” as there are established internal mechanisms and due process procedures  for handling complaints spelt out in FUNAAB’s extant laws.

“Our union (ASUU) will vehemently resist any attempt to turn our highly reverred university, locally and internationally, into a ‘banana republic’ or ‘animal farm,’ ASUU said.

It continued: “The vice-chancellor and the council are duly appointed in line with the laws establishing the university and cannot be removed from office by fiat or crookedness without due process.

“This union would not condone (it) under any guise. We, hereby, dissociate ourselves from any clandestine move to drag the reputation of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, into the mud,” Oni said.

But Fasunwon accused ASUU of supporting their members instead of allowing the allegations, which are  in public domain, to be investigated.

The Nation gathered that two factors seemed to be boosting the crisis. The first is internal politics of producing Oyewole’s successor when his tenure eventually expires by May, next year.

Another source felt many workers in the institution are not happy with Oyewole’s handling of their welfare. The source claimed he did not treat them well like his predecessor Prof Olufemi Balogun – a purported crime, those angling clandestinely to succeed Oyewole are using to make him uncomfortable.

Many, who were scheming to succeed Oyewole, it was learnt, might also be using the ‘proxy war’ to destabilise any plan to instal a stooge to succeed him.

But Oyewole expressed the confidence that he would be vindicated at the end of the day and appealed to the agitating unions – (SSANU to give peace a chance.

Stll defending her boss, Mrs Alawode said SSANU’s allegation that its executive was suspended for supporting their members “cannot be really substantiated”.

“I am not aware of any ‘’Registry tradition’’ in our dynamic university,” she also said, in response to the union’s allegation that a Level 13 officer was appointed as Registrar ahead of her seniors.

Oyewole, who spoke with The Nation, said he did not deserve to be removed for an unjust cause, adding that he had improved the rating of the university as well as empowering the staff and students.

He declined comment on the EFCC’s invitation, noting that since the matter was under investigation, he “believes that the agency will leave no stone unturned in their findings.”

“It’s just that there may be some vested, external interest in what happened,” Oyewole said.

He continued: “I have tried my best for the system; we’ve had this type of experience in this university, when it’s getting to the end of tenure of the Vice Chancellor. But by God’s grace, we’ll get over it.’’

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In fulfilment of his campaign promises, Nollywood star cum politician Desmond Elliot, who represents Surulere constituency  in the Lagos State House of Assembly, has trained about 1000 students in computer literacy and skill acquisition.

The two-week programme, which was in partnership with an information technology firm, Tech Quest, involved students between six and 16 years.

The participants also acquired vocational skills in soap making, shoe making and tailoring.

Elliot said the gesture was part of his own way of giving back to the public and preparing the children for a challenging future.

According to him, participants were  drawn from within Surulere constituency, irrespective of tribe or party alliance.

He said of the lot, the best 32 would be trained as facilitators in the next edition of the programme.

Elliot said: “We are going to give the best 32 among them an indepth training in computer so that by next edition, they would also be among facilitators that will tutor the next 1000 students.

He continued: “The world is going global and if Surulere is not thinking globally then we will be lagging behind in the next 10 years.”

One of the co-founder of Tech Quest, Charles Uchenna Emembolu, explained that students were taken through computer programming and animation.

“I must say some of these students are some of the best we have ever taught,” Emembolu noted.

“We had lessons in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language); it is a programming language in computer that can be used to develop websites. We also had lessons in SCRATCH: it is a computer tool the children use in creating animation. It makes the children want to know about the computer and invariably in developing their mental creativity,” he added.

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Former military President General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) has charged the Governing Council of the University of Abuja not to relent on its plan to make the institution one of the best in the world.

Babangida, the first Visitor to the university, said he was impressed with its level of development.

According to a statement by the institution’s Deputy Registrar (Information), Waziri Garba, Babangida spoke when he received members of Council and management of the university at his Minna residence in Niger State.

He said: “It (UNIABUJA) was our own creation. It is always of interest for me to know how the university is doing. I want to say that I am most impressed by the development that is currently going on in the university.

“I am glad that you are doing well. I am glad that it is one of the universities in which I was the pioneer Visitor. I want you to continue with the zeal and determination to make it one of the finest and best institutions, not only in Nigeria, perhaps Africa and in the world.”

The statement said Babangida thanked the delegation for the visit, which was to felicitate with him on his 75th birthday and to wish him well on his health challenges.

Leader of the delegation Dr. Mahe Dange, who is also a member of the Governing Council, said the visit was an opportunity to pay compliments to the former head of state for his foresight in according a dual status to the university.

He said the university is serving the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and the nation to advance learning and foster national unity.

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Alumni body of the Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (AOCOED) Oto/Ijanikin, will today hold its dinner/homecoming at the Banquet Event Centre, Lateef Jakande Road Agidingbi, Lagos.

The dinner, first of its kind in the association’s history, is to reunite old alumni, have fun and seek ways to further enhance the development of the 57 year-old institution.

The event will also feature presentation of awards to distinguished alumni who are making giant strides in their various chosen fields. It will also award those that have contributed to the development of the college and assisted members in one way or the other.

In a chat with The Nation, the association’s national president,  Comrade Adeyemi Adesanya, revealed the inspiration behind the event.

He said: “We discovered that the college is very old, about 57 years, while the alumni organisation is about 30 years. So, we felt there was need to call our old graduates all over the world for a reunion. We want to use this opportunity to appreciate ourselves, the college and Lagos State.”

Adesanya recalled that when his executive committee came on board in November 2012, the first task before it was to have a database of all past graduates of the oldest institution in the state.

Adesanya confessed that the journey has not been smooth, nonetheless, he was happy that the alumni building has been  completed

“When we came on board, we started putting together a database of all our students. Today, I’m happy to tell you that there is no graduate whose particulars are not with us, whether such one has collected his or her certificates or not.

“I recall the first national executive meeting we had, I told my executive members that whoever was not ready to contribute meaningfully would not be accommodated. Today, I’m quite grateful to them because they all worked with me wholeheartedly.”

He continued: “The first challenge was how to have our alumni building because we did not have any place to stay and there was no money. So, we taxed ourselves. We also reached out to some distinguished Lagosians and alumni with which we raised some funds to lay the foundation.”

According to Adesanya, the choice of where to site the building as well as conforming to professional standard, were another set of headaches the alumni body had to tackle.

“The foundation alone cost us a lot of money. Initially, we were looking at it like the normal way we cut cost when building our own houses; but when the supervising engineers came, look at the drawing and discovered it would be a storey building, their recommendations were too professional from foundation up, which made the cost of the building expensive.  We did not have a choice than to comply. Today we are grateful because the building is ready,” he said.

Adesanya thanked Governor Akinwunmi Ambode as well as the state SUBEB for providing employment opportunities to a large number of AOCOED graduates during its last recruitment exercise.

According to him, Ambode would be the chairman of the day, while former Lagos State Governor Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu will be the special guest of honour. An alumnus and Provost of Micheal Otedola College of Primary Education (MOCPED) Prof Olu Akeusola will deliver the keynorte address.

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The pioneer set of the State GrammaSchool, Itolo, Surulere, Lagos State, have donated items worth about N4 million to their alma mater 30 years after graduation.

The 1986 set built a fully equipped e-library for the junior and senior arms of the school each, renovated structures and provided two generators to power the school, among others.

Chairman of the planning committee, Mr Stanley Bassey, said: “Today we are giving back to our school, because it is right. This school started with us 30 years ago. We want to set an example for the upcoming alumni, that is, the current students, to note that it is good to give back.

“Whatever we have become today, this is our foundation. We need to also educate the students and inspire them to persevere, study hard, remain focused and be diligent.”

President of the association, Mr Zacharias Egbunu, charged the pupils to imbibe good character.

In a speech culled from the school’s motto themed: ‘Knowledge is Light’ and titled: ‘Knowledge and good character: Essential keys to human advancement and development,’ he said: “Students must embrace the fact that to be successful, attain excellence, they must acquire knowledge. Education is paramount to your developmental process. Students must also imbibe good character, which entails- diligence, cleanliness, obedience, listening and carrying out instructions marshaled out by your teachers, as well as self discipline, which is to study regularly, be it at school or at home.”

Tutor General/Permanent Secretary (TG/PS) of Education District IV, Mrs Lola Are-Adegbite, who was represented by the district’s Director of Co-curricular and Technology Education, Mrs Muinat Abimbola, thanked the donors.

“I am always happy to hear about such gesture, because it shows students are appreciative and the reward of teachers is no longer only in heaven but on earth. Your kind gesture would inspire the children to strive to be like you. I also congratulate the principals, staff and students for maintaining good conduct. Students, it is important to be studious and submit yourselves to authority.”

Inuagurating the projects during their reunion, the Olumegbon of Lagos Chief Fatai Lawal who was the father of the day, lauded the group for the feat and called for other old students to emulate them.

Head girl, Zainab Usman was excited about the new developments in her school and promised to ensure that pupils maintained the items donated.

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Al-Azhar Foundation, a non-governmental organisation, has rolled out its free computer based test training as part of its contribution to the overall development of education in the state.

The exercise, which held at Al-Azhar International College Lokoja, was to ensure that no less than 1,000 pupils in the state were CBT compliant during the first three days of its inauguration.

Founder and proprietor of Al-Azhar College, Dr Habeeb Yekeen, explained that his love for education, children, excellence, and the people of Kogi State inspired him to work on the exercise tagged: “Get them ready for CBT free training’ programme.”

His words: “Get it right first time and always’ is not my words; it’s a model, and that is what I take as my personal model. I want the pupils to write UTME once and pass it, so that they don’t have to sit for the examination over and over again.

“I want to use this training to build confidence in the candidates. I want them to get familiar with the functionalities of computer and the characteristics of JAMB examinations; and that is why we use past JAMB CBT questions to train them, and each of them will have hands-on experience to practically write the examinations.”

On the cost implication of the facility, he said  aside personnel and power, 150KVA generator is being deployed for the exercise.

“Setting up the centre is about three or four phases; building the hall itself, the local area network (LAN), furniture and the fourth is the computer system (laptops). The last three will be roughly between N15 and N20 million, but I do this with joy, because I am always very happy when I impact the life of people positively. It is going to be sustained, we have no doubt”.

Director and Co-ordinator of the foundation Mrs Abiodun Johnson spoke more of the NGO’s activities.

“It is 100 per cent NGO, but we welcome collaborations from public spirited individuals and organisations. What we are trying to do will go a long way in lifting the children and our society, because it is the way to go and impact,” she said.

The Director Quality Assurance, Kogi State Ministry of Education, Mr. Babagbale Fehintoluwa, who stood in for the Commissioner of Education, Dr Tolorunleke Sunday, called on the beneficiaries and school principals to grab the opportunity.

Fehintoluwa assured of more government input for the training programme in subsequent outings.

He said, “We informed our area offices to bring 10 pupils from across the local governments. That was the initial plan. But we have decided to increase the number because of the facility on ground. What they have on ground can accommodate this.

“We want to use this forum to inform school principals never to joke with this opportunity. Many pupils fail not because they are not academically sound, but because they are not versed in the new examination technology.”

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The students’ crisis at Fidel Polytechnic Gboko has ended, but, the management is accusing the host community of colluding with students to unleash mayhem on the 15-year-old institution. The allegation is being denied. Besides, the students are angry that the authority has imposed a levy on them for August crisis, which they claim was avoidable, UJA EMMANUEL from Makurdi reports:

Who were the culprits behind the destruction of property valued at N1.2 billion at Fidel Polytechnic Gboko, Benue State?

While police say they are still investigating to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the mayhem which occurred on Tuesday August 23, management of the institution is already pointing accusing fingers at the students, in collaboration with some elements from the host community.

“The students with external collaborators regrouped to unleash mayhem that left our school in ruins,” said the proprietor Rev. Father Chris Utov in a briefing last week.

Established in 2001, Fidel Polytechnic is located in Gboko town, the ancestral headquarters of the Tiv. It is the first privately owned polytechnic in the north.

Nearly two months after the student-induced crisis, the institution has finally decided to break its silence. Utov’s accusation however does not seem to go down well with the host community, which had absolved their kinsmen of any involvement in the mayhem.

Going down memory lane, Utov recalled how the mayhem was ignited by students who failed to pay their school fees and were requested by management to show their permit before they would be allowed to participate in the examination.

He said when some of the defaulters threatened a showdown, the school management promptly drafted in the police to forestall any uprising. At the same time, the school was shut down officially and students asked to vacate the premises, Utov explained.

Students have, however, shot back, accusing management of being impatient with the defaulters. Some students claimed that some debtor students had rushed to pay their tuition on the day of the examination, only to be disallowed from writing the exam on the ground that management would only accept receipts issued by the bursary unit of the institution rather than mere bank tellers.

Some students who spoke with The Nation said rather than nip the potential uprising in the bud, police presence escalated it, as the security agents attempted to force the aggrieved students out of campus.

Utov, who put the value of the lost items at about N1.2 billion, appealed to government to fish out  the perpetrators as his entire life savings which he invested in the school had gone down the drain.

To add  salt into injury, Utov, who described the damage as ‘mind boggling,’  lamented that such occurence is regular among his Tiv kinsmen who often get envious of the achievements of fellow kinsmen.

Another school of thought holds it that the development could be a result of ethnic rivalry. For instance, Utov hails from Gaambe – Tiev Logo Local Government Area of Benue- North East Senatorial Zone, while the polytechnic is sited in Gboko, Benue- North West Senatorial Zone, which also serves as the ancestral headquarters of the Tiv. So, Utov , despite his priestly calling, might still be regarded as a visitor in Gboko because of his origin from another Tiv lineage .

Utov said he was out of the country when the protest that left one person dead occurred.

The Police have also denied the allegation, that their presence on the campus inflamed tempers, describing the protesters as unruly.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Benue State Police Command, Moses Yamu, a DSP, told The Nation on Tuesday that the police applied ‘minimum force’ in line with such operation involving students.

He accused the students of provoking the police by hurling stones at them and injuring some officers in the process, adding that the police exercised utmost caution in handling the riot.

Utov said following the official closure of the school, students later assembled opposite the main gate where policemen were stationed, overpowered them, gained entry into the school and destroyed properties.

“They looted,vandalised and set ablaze 500 computers from e- library, resource centre, office, technology laboratory, computer laboratory, as well as nine cars,” Utov a Catholic priest, lamented.

“Other property completely vandalised or razed by the rampaging students included the administrative block, science laboratory, mass communication studio, office of theproprietor, and school canteen,” Utov noted, adding that the protesters also stole cows and fish from the school pond and ranch.

The leader of the host community  Chief Amande Uza, absolved the community of complicity in the mayhem.

Speaking with The Nation, Uza said both the institution and host community have enjoyed cordial relationship since theschool was established 15 years ago, noting that as the host community, they are the first beneficiary of the institution.

Uza said: “I want to disagree with the claims by the proprietor that a Tiv man hates his kinsman’s progress.  We the host community are the greatest beneficiary (of the polytechnic). We enjoy a cordial relationship with the school management and cannot turn around to join the students to set the institution ablaze’’.

Uza continued: “I want to disabuse the mind of the proprietor that some people in our community joined the students to set the school on fire. Infact, we did everything possible to protect the school structures but the number of students overwhelmed us in the same manner they overpowered the police stationed at the gate.

“We regret the setting ablaze of the school because our wives, children and relations are the immediate beneficiaries as they engaged in one business of the other to make ends meet, so we are also losers.”

Uza’s  view was reechoed by another resident, Mr. James Iornongu who said two of his houses also serve as hostels for students of the institution.

He noted that generally the economy of the community has experienced a leap since 2001 when the institution was established.

Iornongu condemned the excesses of the students whom he said went beyond their bounds.

He urged parties to be patient while awaiting the outcome of ongoing investigation by security agencies.

The school has since resumed.Nonetheless, to make up for the enormous damage, each students has been taxed N35,200 in addition to signing an undertaking to henceforth be of good behaviour.  Some students believe the amount imposed on them is unjustifiable in view of management’s alleged complicity in the whole issue.

A Business Administration undergraduate of the school, who pleaded not to be mentioned, substantiated Uza, saying that students have also enjoyed a harmonious relationship with the school management.

“We have no problem with the teachers or the proprietor,” the source said.

“Being a Catholic priest, he treats us as his children and we see him as a father,” the source added.

On what caused the riots, the source continued: “Majority of the students were worried  that they were going to miss the examination and therefore  resorted to protest. But the school management brought in the police which escalated the problem leading to the burning down of some structures.”

Another Mass Communication student who also spoke on the condition anonymity said: “The cause of the riots was the refusal of the school management to accept bank teller; instead  they insisted on school receipt.

” We paid in the bank and brought bank tellers but the school authorities insisted on school receipts, by then, some of our colleagues were already writing examinations.”

“So some students became angry wondering how could they pay school fees and a common issue of receipt stopped  them from writing examination . The students’ contention was that they should be allowed to write examination after showing the bank tellers, and being allowed thereafter to exchange the tellers for receipts.”

Another Mass communication student also lent his voice in confidence.

“We were frustrated in the sense that while the examination was going on and other students were writing, the school was busy with the issues of evidence when they should have put the examinations on hold first, and do a thoroughly screening.”

“We are now paying N35,200 for the damages so who is at a loss” the student asked rhetorically.

Another student believed there might be external forces such as street urchins who took advantage of the crisis to loot property as could be seen in the disappearance of the school’s cows and fish.

Still speaking on behalf of the police, Yamu said some suspects have been arrested and investigation  is still ongoing to find out those behind the crisis and their level of involvement.

He declined further information on the number of suspects arrested, as well as the identity of the deceased during the protest. Nevertheless, Yamu assured that very soon, the report would be ready.

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The Association for Childhood Education Practitioners, (ACEP) has called for improved welfare for teachers through salary increment and better welfare packages in both private and public schools nationwide.

Its national president, Mrs Islamia Oshodi made the call in Lagos while giving a keynote address at the annual World Teachers’ Day celebration, organised by ACEP in collaboration with the National Council of Child Rights Advocates of Nigeria (NACCRAN).

This year’s edition had as its theme: “Valuing teachers; improving their status”.

In a related development Dansol School, Agidingbi, Lagos, has rewarded some of its teachers with cash prizes as part of Teachers’ Day celebration to encourage them towards better performance.

Oshodi said: “Teachers are not being given the desired recognition in the Nigerian society.

“To improve teachers’ status in Nigerian their employers in public and private schools should start thinking of paying them salaries commensurate with their job. Respecting teachers will go a long way to improving their status. This will also contribute to increasing their performance in the classrooms, which will automatically reflect in the lives of the students.”

In his reaction, ACEP Lagos State Chairman, Mr. Sunday Fowowe, urged authorities to declare October 5, which is World Teachers’ Day,  as public holiday so as to involve more teachers, particularly in private schools.

At Dansol School, Mr Wesley Orioha, a Physical and Health Education Teacher got N1 million cheque as the school’s ‘Best teacher of the year.

Wesley was rewarded for putting 15 years of meritorious service into the teaching profession.

Wesley’s first and second runners up, Mr Olakunle Gbadamosi and Miss Mojisola Olatunbosun, also received N500, 000 and 250,000 rewards respectively.

The winners were chosen based on assessment from students, self, peers, supervisors and the school’s management.

In his reaction, Wesley attributed his achievement to the Grace of God in his life.

He said: “I am very grateful to the school authorities as well as pupils. I feel really honoured. The pupils are fantastic, we have a very good relationship. They are always ready for me. I love kids and I love teaching.”

The President of Dansol Christian Mission, Mrs Adun Akinyemiju, lamented that teachers, who are nation builders, are undervalued.

Also, teachers in Akwa Ibom State have asked State Governor, Udom Emmanuel, to extend promotion rights to retiring teachers, and help defray outstanding leave bonuses between 2013 and 2016. The teachers also demanded their four-year promotion arrears between 2011 to 2015.

They expressed their concern during the last World Teachers’ Day in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, through their state Chairman, Etim Ukpong, who urged government to direct the payment of December 2015, as well as January and February 2016 salaries to some teachers who have been cleared as “non ghost workers” after due verification.

He urged government to assist in the speedy refund of seven and half per cent contributory pension money, saying the lean economic realities of the time could no longer support government’s sole sponsorship of education.

Their other demands included: “Training of teachers in information and communication technology (ICT), provision of computers to teachers and schools, as well as equipping candidates for public examinations in line with global best practices.

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Lagos State has launched the Kick Illiteracy out of Lagos Eko N Ke KO (Lagos is Learning). The literacy project aims at increasing literacy rate in the state by 95 per cent.

It was launched a week ago at the Police College, Ikeja, by Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr Oluranti Adebule, who also supervises the Ministry of Education in the state.

The Governor said the initiative targets illiterate Lagosians in every age group.

Ambode said the project entailed spreading literacy centres across the state in order  to increase access for Lagosians as well as multiply and diversify delivery channels for literacy content.

He said various centres have been located across the state in such a way that would make it most accessible to people.

Ambode said the state already has 532 centres, adding that government plans additional 100 basic and post literacy centres in due course.

The programme, the governor explained, is for nine-month duration for each applicant, with a certificate equivalent to that of Primary Three.

He said: “We will aggressively promote radio literacy programmes, mobile literacy centres, and other innovative channels would be used as well as the social media.

“Upon resumption, I promised and assured Lagosians of our avowed commitment to the vision of providing equitable, functional, effective and quality education for all the citizens. This is a long term project.”

He added that the project will partner other stakeholders who are involved in adult and mass literacy programmes.

The Governor’s Special Adviser on Education, Mr Olufela Bank-Olemoh, said the project was to ensure that illiteracy is kicked out of the state.

“Those who benefit from this training will no longer lack basic literacy, numeracy and essential life skills, which make them more efficient and capable to resist criminal and anti social groups,” Olemoh added.

He said textbooks, exercise books, erasers and pencils would be given to the beneficiaries of this project.

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Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, has called for the expansion of two per cent education tax to more corporate companies.

Baffa made the request at the seventh edition of the TETFund interactive forum jointly organised with the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) in Port Harcourt, River State.

Baffa, in a statement in Abuja, called for the enforcement of tax payment compliance on companies to shore up TETFund revenue generation base.

“One of the key things we want is enforced compliance. Those companies that are within the education tax net should pay correctly and those that are outside should be brought in,” the statement said.

He said more institutions in Nigeria would soon be added to the list of top universities at the global level following the recent ranking of the University of Ibadan (801) among 1000 universities in the world.

According to him, the improved ranking of UI by Times Higher Education World University Ranking was largely due to TETFund intervention projects.

“It is very gratifying for the TETFund, as it is for every Nigeria, to hear that University of Ibadan is among the top 5 per cent universities in the world. This is one testimony that TETFund intervention is making the desired impact. Let me assure you and indeed, all other beneficiary institutions, that you would continue to enjoy the improved and determined support of TETFund at every step of your journey to the top of the league table.

“To achieve this would require among other things, focused and targeted inflow of funding to our benefiting institutions through the Fund,” he said.

The statement quoted the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler, as blaming the fall in the collection of education tax revenue on tax evasions, the uncooperative attitude of private sector operators and unpatriotic business organisations.

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Another industrial action may be looming at the Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) in Ondo State over an allegation that management imposes Deans and Head of Departments (HODs) on lecturers.

The institution had resumed on Monday following a three-month strike which was eventually suspended by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over non-payment of salaries.

In view of the latest development however, ASUU said it would not mind embarking on another strike if the management fails to reverse its decision.

It alleged that Vice-Chancellor Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun handpicked those he believes would be loyal to him as Deans and HODS rather than conducting elections for the position.

A statement signed by ASUU chairman, Dr Sola Fayose reads: “The local ASUU in AAUA, at the point it was suspending the strike, called the attention of the vice chancellor to this infraction through a resolution of congress which also demanded that the process be reversed within seven working days, starting from the day the resolution was taken.

“However, the total disregard of this resolution by the vice chancellor by reason of summoning the Senate of the university, which would have in attendance these irregularly appointed Deans and HODs, shows his preparedness to take on the union, notwithstanding the good reasons that are needed to protect the university.

“Apparently, the revulsion Prof. Ajibefun has for rules and regulations is deep-seated  as he has also continued to employ academic staff that are over 70 years in total disregard to the 2009 ASUU/FGN Agreement and ondo State government white paper and official gazette.

“We call on well meaning Nigerians, particularly Ondo State indigenes, to prevail on the vice chancellor to allow good reasons to subsist as members of the union are ready to resume effective teaching immediately, not minding that three months of their salary and eight months of deductions are still outstanding.

“It should be made abundantly clear that AAUA should not be run based on the whims and caprices of an individual or an ambitious clique, but on established rules and regulations.

The union is committed to performing its function and responsibility of a better AAUA, and will not succumb to any blackmail or pressure in the discharge of this onerous assignment.

All efforts to speak with the institution Public Relations Officer (PRO) proved abortive as he did not pick his call as at the time of filing this report.

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Federal University Lokoja (FUL) will on Saturday honour the late Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi (SAN), during the convocation of its 200 pioneer set.

Briefing reporters at FUL mini campus in Adankolo ahead of the event, the vice chancellor Prof. Angela F. Miri, said the school took the decision in order to immotalise the late federal minister from Kogi State, to serve as motivation in the pursuit of excellence and dedication to service.

Miri said the proposed Faculty of Law will be named after Ocholi, a decision the vice chancellor said had been communicated to authorities at the Federal Ministry of Education.

“We want to immotalise him (Ocholi). He was a good servant of the state and an illustrious son of this country. The Federal Ministry of Education has already given us the go-ahead for this, and our Faculty of Law will be named after him,” she said.

Others to be honoured include the Emir of Fika Alhaji Muhammadu Abali Ibn Muhammadu Idriss, who was also the first Chancellor of the university, as well as Senator Tunde Ogbeha.

She explained that the N5 billion endowment fund launched in August this year is a continuous thing, to be channeled for the development of the university.

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Two public and one private schools would be heading for the World Robots Olympiad in India having emerged winners of the National Robot Olympiad competition.

Imperial Gate School Lekki, Lagos, emerged first in the elementary Category, Model College, Meiran Lagos dusted others in the junior category, while Surrogate Achievers clinched the crown to wrap up the junior category.

Expressing her joy on Saturday at  Oriental Hotel Lekki venue of the event , representative of Imperial Gate School Sandra Umeh who won at the open category scoring an astounding 200 over 300, expressed her excitement in victory.

Sharing her experience, Umeh said robotics challenges an individual’s creativity, constant thinking and practice to achieve success.

Meanwhile, Mr Bayo Biyeye, the Director of Science and Technology, Lagos State Ministry of Education praised the Lagos State government for showing enthusiasm in robotics.

Biyeye, who described the exercise as laudable, noted that the competition has enjoyed government support over the last five years.

He said: “The state government has also provided Leego kits for our schools. We want to make sure that the schools have the kits so that the children can practice.

“It is a good programme and an application of Information Communication Technology,” he said.

Head, Infant School Meadow Hall School, Lekki, LagosMrs Bisola Obasanya said robotics promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics among children.

Obasanya said about 22,000 particpants globally from across public and private primary, secondary and tertiary institutions feature in the completion before arriving at the qualifier.

She said robotics had made children to be creative and think out of the box.

“Kids like it (robotics) a lot, it is not like the normal regular boring school work.

“Whenever they are on their own, it looks as if they were playing with toys but they are learning in actual sense.

“Kids love Leego education, children learn through it; it is a different way of teaching,” she added.

She, however, praised the Lagos state government for the support given to robotics or Leego education in the state.

Prior to the grand finale, competitions were held across states and regional levels nationwide which eventually climaxed in the 48 finalists that competed for the crown at the sixth edition of National Robotics Olympiad qualifier.

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Two non-governmental organisations (NGO), Transform a Life Initiative (TAL) and Dreams from the Slum Initiative, have partnered to distribute exercise books and stationery to some pupils of Araromi Local Government Area, Lagos.

The organisations said the gesture was part of its efforts to build capacity and enhance beneficiaries’ education standard.

At the presentation of the items,  the spokesperson for TAL Mrs Fisayo Dayo-Samuel, said the gesture was initiated to promote and give education opportunities to the less privileged and other young adults.

She added that efforts would be intensified to ensure that more academically gifted but economically disadvantaged pupils continue to benefit from the largesse.

She said: “We believe that there are very brilliant and vibrant pupils based in this community; but they are disadvantaged due to economic reasons. Our organisation sees that aside the payment of these pupil fees, there are other needs to be met by their parents and guardians. So we have come to meet some of those needs”.

The Coordinator of Dreams from the Slum, Omoyele Isaac-Success, also said:”We  make the dreams of vulnerable children a reality by providing educational opportunities.’’

One of the beneficiaries, a Primary Four pupil of Destiny Primary School, Yewande Obogun, hailed both organisations, thanking them for the kind gesture. She promised that items given her would be judiciously used.

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Two new schools will soon be established, following partnership efforts by the Sokoto State government and the Nigerian Army. One of the schools will be located in Sokoto, while the other would be sited in Shagari Local Government area of the state.

One of them, a primary school, will have boarding facilities that will cater for children aged five to 12. The secondary school, which would be sited at Giginya Barracks, Sokoto, would operate a day system.

In a statement in Sokoto, the state Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Jabbi Kilgori, explained that the deal with the military authorities would expand access to education for military personnel and their families, and give opportunity for citizens in local communities to tap from military’s expertise in school management.

“The partnership provides that the government provides land and requisite infrastructure, while the Nigerian Army would provide personnel and teaching facilities.

“This is the beginning of a relationship which we hope to expand in the future. Both sides are happy with preparations for the take off of the schools. We are confident it will benefit our citizens going forward,” the statement added.

Meanwhile, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has approved the upward review of feeding allowance for boarding school pupils in the state.

“Due to inflation in prices of food stuff in the market, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has approved the increase in feeding allowance of boarding pupils in public schools from N70 to N140 per pupil per day,” Kilgore, said in a  statement in Sokoto.

Kilgori urged contractors handling supplies to schools to ensure prompt delivery in accordance with stipulated guidelines.

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