The Chairman of the Kaduna State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Hon. Mahmud LawaI lsma’ila has said that the state government has allocated 25 per cent in it 2024 Appropriation Budget to the education sector.
At the commissioning of three classrooms of Staff School of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Kaduna at the weekend, lsma’ila, who is member representing Zaria constituency in the Assembly, said that the government would continue to give education priority attention being the bedrock of meaningful development.
He maintained that, as Governor Uba Sani came to power he reduce school fees in the state, he also built additional classrooms across the state, adding that, apart from security, education as most important to the governor.
LawaI said that education is everyone’s responsibility that required all hands to be on deck. “We don’t have to rely on government alone to take all the tasks. Government alone cannot do all, hence the need for others to emulate this kind of gesture by assisting and supporting the government through buildings more schools across the state”, he said.
NOUN Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olufemi Peters said that the project was conceived to add classrooms to the institution’s Staff School (Primary section) to enable the pupils have a conducive environment for learning.
Represented by Prof. lsaac Sammani Butswat, the Vice Chancellor said: “Out of our budget, we put in place allocation to realise this building today that we are commissioning now. l hope the schools will use it for teaching up our children and neighbouring communities”.
The Director Centre for Human Resources Development, Dr. Aminu Umar said: “Today we’re commissioning three classrooms that were built by National Open University for the Staff School, without single kobo either from Kaduna State Government or individuals”.
He said that the school is known teaching science-based subjects and modern technologies in order the pupils to be up to date, adding, “we’re doing this to compliment the efforts of Kaduna State government, which commenced the building and rehabilitation of existing ones.
“I want to use this medium to commensurate with the Kaduna State government over the tragic incident of the abduction of primary school pupils in Kuriga. This is a deliberate effort to stop education in Northern Nigeria”.
He called on the security agencies to double their efforts towards ensuring the safe return of the kidnapped children.
