Jigawa Govt. spends N245m monthly on students’ feeding’, says Commissioner
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Dutse, Oct. 7, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Government on Friday said it spent N245 million monthly to feed its boarding students across the state.
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Rabi Ishaq, made this known to newsmen on Friday in Dutse.
Ishaq said that the state government had also increased the amount spent on feeding of students daily from N90 to N135 per person.
She dismissed rumours that government was planning to de-board all boarding students in the state due the economic recession facing the country.
“Our commitment has not changed. And there is no any plan by the present administration to disband the school boarding system.
“We are doing a lot of things other states are not doing, especially in the area of students’ feeding.
“As I am talking to you now, His Excellency Gov. Muhammad Badaru, has approved an increase in the amount spent to feed boarding students across the state.
“Henceforth, each students is fed with N135 not N90 as it was before,” the commissioner explained.
According to her, the gesture would boost the literacy level among the youth in the state.
She added that education remained the number one priority of the Badaru Administration, adding that the state government would continue to ensure its development at all levels.(NAN)
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Edited by Ekemini Ladejobi and Abdullahi Yusuf