Muhammed Garba
Jigawa state Government has spent ₦23.409,988,355.32 for the development of the state education sector in the first and second quarters of this year.
This was contained in the mid-year education budget performance review presented at Media Parley organized by the Jigawa Education and Accountability Forum.
In his presentation, the resources person Comrade Isa Mustapha said, the amount spent in the first and Second quarters included: ₦15.4 billion on personnel, overhead ₦1.2 billion, and ₦6.7 on capital projects.
“The prorate performance for the midyear stood at 28.9% of the total annual budget allocation made to the state education sector.”
In his speech at the session, the secretary Jigawa Education and Accountability Forum (JEAF) Comrade Ayuba Gwaram described the budget performance as short of expectation.
He explained that (JEAF) is a State-Led Accountability Mechanism, a co-creation, of government, professional bodies CSOs, Traditional rulers, and Media working to strengthen accountability in the education sector.
Ayuba explained that JEAF in collaboration with support from PLANE a UK-funded Project had conducted a series of engagements with communities and Education managers on how to strengthen public participation in education.
They however called on the state government to do more in the implementation of the education budget, and also the recruitment of teachers to narrow the shortage of teachers and infrastructures in the state education sector.
