The Federal Government has set aside N47.5 billion for the first phase upgrade of 50 selected senior secondary schools across the country, according to Dr. Iyela Ajayi, Executive Secretary, National Senior Secondary Education Commission.
Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Government Science Secondary School, Koton Karfe, Kogi State, Dr. Ajayi said, “This is just the first phase, when this phase is completed then we can then report to the President Bola Tinubu and Minister of Education and say we have finished completion of this phase.
This will allow them to come and complete this project and we will move onto the next phase.”
He urged schools not selected for the first phase to be patient, saying, “Those schools that are not going to benefit from the first phase, I want them to be patient because after the first phase we will come to them.”
The upgrade is in line with President Bola Tinubu’s renewed promises to Nigerians, Dr. Ajayi added.
The Director, Physical Planning Unit of the commission, Maimuna Umar, said the commission would deliver four new buildings to the school, including a well-furnished six blocks of classrooms, administrative block, laboratory building, ICT, and e-library.
The school principal, Yunusa Dauda, commended the federal government’s initiative, saying, “We are happy that the project is coming to us at this time and we promise to give necessary support to the contractor so that the work can be delivered on time.”
The contractor, Managing Director, First Man Industries Link Limited, pledged to deliver on the work as specified by the terms and conditions of the contract.
