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Kano State Government says it has spent the total sum of N1,251,533,819 on various projects in the development of basic education across its 44 local government areas. This was revealed by the state Deputy Governor and Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Hafizu Abubakar during a press conference to mark the maiden Basic Education Week at his office yesterday.
According to Abubakar, out of the aforementioned fund, the state government disbursed the sum of N10 million each to the education promotion committees in the 44 local government areas to execute education projects.He added that the remaining N800 million was contributed by members of the communities in order to complement the government’s resolve to education development. The deputy governor explained that the over N1.2 billion was part of the SUBEB/UBEC Marching Grand for the 2015 education projects.

 


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