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Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has promised that the Subsequent budgetary allocation for the Education Sector in the state currently pegged at 20% would not be lesser than 30% in 2022 to facilitate a more robust advancement in the sector.
He
also added that his government’s concentration would not only be on
infrastructural growth in the sector but a prioritized focus on the welfare of
teachers in a bid to give leverage to public schools over its private
counterpart in the state.
The
Governor made this known at the grand finale of the Pharmacist Abdulkareem
Asuku Youth Empowerment Foundation (PAAYEF) Inter-school quiz and debate
competition held at the glasshouse of the government house in Lokoja.
He
added that government would ensure that it was illegal for any student in the
state to be out of school while his administration would strive to ensure that
Kogi State emerged first in the next WAEC performance ratings through his
administration's deliberate investment in the sector
Governor
Bello alluded that the state was making remarkable efforts to ensure a safe and
secured Kogi state as no child would be abducted by any criminal elements under
his watch and that it was only when the state was safe and secured that
students could go to school.
He
expressed concern that although the current education system in the country was
dysfunctional Kogi State incorporated Technical and specialized education in
its system like Korea institute in the State Polytechnic and the newly
established Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara.
Governor
Bello used the medium to challenge other appointees and well-meaning
individuals in the state to invest in human capital development particularly
endeavours that would add meaningful value and have an impact on younger generations.
In
his remarks the Visionary of the PAAYEF and Chief of Staff to the Kogi State
Governor, Pharm. Abdulkareem Jamiu noted that PAAYEF was fully sponsored by the
governor because he gave the platform and the encouragement for him and many
others to engage in humanitarian ventures.
He
noted that the performances of various public schools in the Spelling bee
competition and the written essay indicated that the public schools in the
state have so much tendency to perform excellently and were already showing the
huge investment of Gov. Bello led administration.
The
Chief of Staff expressed continued commitment to contributing his quota to the
lives of youths and young ones in the society.
Winners
from the written competition, spelling bees and the debate were rewarded with
scholarships, school items and cash donations.
Ester
Itopa from Harmony Secondary School emerged winner of the Spelling Bee
competition while Tijani Sadiq from demonstration Standard College, Musa
Alhassan Abdullahi from Government Secondary School, Okenya, Sanni Abdulazeez
from Ebira Community Secondary School, Ogaminana, Aboh David Ojochegbe from St
Peter’s College, Idah and Seidu Adavuruku from Ebira Community Secondary
School, Ogaminana led the written competition respectively. In the Debate
competition, St Augustin Secondary School from Kogi west emerged the winner
over Ebira Community Secondary School, Ogaminana from Kogi Central.
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