LG donates 100 mattresses, buckets to female students in Jigawa
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Donation
By Muhammad Nasir Bashir
Dutse, Nov. 2, 2017 (NAN) The Kaugama Local Government Council of Jigawa has donated 100 mattresses and buckets to 100 female students admitted into boarding schools in the area.
The Information Officer of the council, Malam Yakubu Iliya, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigerian (NAN) in Dutse on Thursday.
Iliya said that the council’s Chairman, Alhaji Ahmad Nigiro, while presenting the items to the Education Secretary of the area, Alhaji Ahmad Abdullahi, affirmed the commitment of the council to the development of education in the area.
He added that Abdullahi, who commended the council for the gesture, pledged to be just and fair in the distribution of the items.
The spokesman further quoted the education secretary as saying that “no government will survive without knowledge and no knowledge will survive without support.’’
According to him, Abdullahi said the gesture would go a long way in encouraging girl-child education in the area. (NAN)
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Edited by Fela Fashoro/Abdullahi Yusuf