Governor Mohammed Bago of Niger State has vowed to invest more than half of the 2025 budget on Education and Health in order to solve the sectors’ difficulties.
Bago disclosed this when giving goods at the Teachers Professional Development Institute in Minna, noting that his administration will prioritize the sectors in 2025 due to their importance in the state’s development.
The Niger Governor stressed that 14.55% of the 2024 budget has been allocated to education in order to build more schools, including 6 Mega Model Secondary Schools in Minna, Bida, Suleja, Bosso, and Kontagora, as well as increase access to quality education.
According to Bago,
“Also, given the importance of technical and vocational education, the sum of N1.512 billion was earmarked for the complete renovation and equipping of technical schools in Suleja, Kontagora and Jebba”
“Similarly, the sum of N1.8 billion has been earmarked as a matching grant to UBEC, and we are committed to the payment of counterpart funds to supported projects/programmes in the sector.
“We also intend to expand access to education for girl-child and renovate 534 schools across the state through our partnership with the World Bank Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) programme.”
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