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Education
By Muhammad Nasir Bello/Hauwa Mohd Gold
Sokoto, Oct. 11, 2016 (NAN) The Sokoto State Government said it had disbursed N5.7 million to support the education of the children of physically-challenged persons in the state from primary to tertiary level.
The state Commissioner for Social Welfare and Culture, Alhaji Sirajo Gatawa, disclosed this at a ministerial press briefing in Sokoto on Tuesday.
According to him, the disbursement was sequel to the state government’s declaration of emergency in the education sector.
”This is meant to support the education of their children from primary up to tertiary level,” Gatawa said.
The commissioner also said that the government spent more than N27 million on the provision of clothing materials and food items for the physically-challenged during the last Eid-el-Fitr.
The briefing was jointly organized by the Nigeria Union of Journalists (Sokoto chapter) and the state Ministry of Information. (NAN)
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Sokoto govt. disburses N5.7m to educate children of physically-challenged
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