Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has constructed 4,000 classrooms to decongest basic schools.
The Executive Chairman of State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), Yusuf Kabir revealed this on Tuesday while receiving members of the Kano State Accountability Forum on Education (K-SAFE) who paid him an advocacy courtesy visit.
He added that the state government is expending billions of Naira in the renovation of schools through community re-orientation committees across the forty-four local government areas.
He said the project is part of the Governor Yusuf-led administration’s campaign promises to reform the decayed education sector in the state.
Kabir appealed to corporate organizations and wealthy individuals to complement the government’s effort in that direction.
He however solicited the support of K-SAFE in addressing the menace of students’ absenteeism and late coming which he described as the major challenge to effective teaching and learning.
The Chairman extended an invitation to K-SAFE to attend teachers’ recruitment exercises and procurement processes as he is committed to transparent and prudent management of public resources.
Earlier, the Co-chairperson of K-SAFE, Dr. Auwalu Halilu said they were in SUBEB to formally introduce the forum as an accountability platform working in the education sector.
Dr Halilu said K-SAFE is a co-creation of government, civil society organizations, and media workers aimed at improving education in Kano state.
He assured the readiness of K-SAFE members to support SUBEB in school monitoring across the nooks and crannies of the state.
Also speaking, the Secretary of K-SAFE, Dr Abdussalam Kani, raised concerns about the alarming data frequently released by development partners and Non-Governmental Organizations which he said contradicted all obtainable indices.
He therefore called on the Kano State Bureau of Statistics to regulate the publishing of unjustifiable data by non-governmental organizations in Kano state.
