Niger State to reconstruct 54 schools, renovate 534 others

From Yakubu Mustapha Minna

Niger State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education have concluded plans to embark on the construction of 54 schools and renovate 534 schools under the loan facility of World Bank Assisted Program, Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project.
The Ministry’s Information Officer, Jubrin Usman Kodo in a statement refuted the earlier report claimed to be wrongly captured in a news report that the World Bank was to construct and renovate the said number of Schools for the State.
According to him, the report was captured at a 1-Day Sensitisation Workshop for Zonal Quality Assurance Officers on Roles and Responsibilities of School Based Management Committees and Support Development of School Improvement Plan.
The Deputy State Coordinator AGILE who represented the State coordinator, Salisu Danjuma during the event also disclosed that the 54 Schools to be constructed comprised of 27 Junior secondary schools and 27 Senior Secondary schools, adding that the renovation work would be handled by the School Based Management Committees.
According to Danjuma, under AGILE Project, girl child education will be supported in the most vulnerable and poorest Local Government Areas to increase enrollment drive of girl child and reduce high rates of drop out due to lack of support and poverty.