The Commissioner, Ministry of Planning and Budget in Kano, Musa Suleiman Shanono, has revealed that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s led administration’s resolve to improve the standard of education and revive the sector in the state is the reason why the sector gets the largest allocation in the 2024 budget.
Shanono made this known at a press briefing and breakdown of the 2024 budget with journalists and civil society organisations in his office Tuesday evening.
He said, “the administration’s promise to raise the state’s yearly spending on education is in line with our coordinated efforts in revival of the education sector. Since we assumed office, our administration has significantly improved education at primary, secondary and tertiary levels, living up to a pledge we made during the campaign. This is intended to give the state’s future leaders, access to high-quality education.
“In order to make this a reality, N125.88billion, representing 28.78 percent of the 2024 total budget size, is allocated to this critical sector. This amount exceeds the 26.0% of the UNESCO declaration.”
Some major projects and programmes in the ministry of education include, among others 34 projects inserted in the budget document.
Similarly, 42 projects will be shared across the ministry for higher education, Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, Sa’adatu Rimi College of Education, Aminu Kano College of Islamic and Legal Studies and Yusuf Maitama Sule University.
Others are Kano state College of Education and Preliminary Studies, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso College of Basic and Remedial Studies T/Wada, Kano state Polytechnic and Audu Bako College of Agriculture, Danbatta.
It was gathered that the second ministry with the largest allocation is that of health with N73 billion earmarked which represents 16.46 per cent with 38 projects.
