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Contract
Dutse, Nov. 23, 2016 (NAN) The Jigawa Government has awarded a N1.3 billion contract under a joint project of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
A statement signed by the State’s Commissioner for Information, Youths and Culture, Alhaji Bala Ibrahim in Dutse, explained that the money would be provided by the state government as matching grant for the second, third and fourth quarter of 2014 intervention projects.
According to the statement, the fund would be used for the construction and rehabilitation of primary and junior secondary schools across the state.
It added that classroom furniture would also be purchased and supplied to schools.
The statement noted that the contract was part of the present administration’s commitment under Gov. Muhammad Badaru to develop and improve facilities in schools across the state. (NAN)
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Edited by Ifeyinwa Okonkwo/Ismail Abdulaziz