Kwara state governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, Wednesday, said.his administration has set aside about N70 million to produce text books that would be distributed free to students across secondary schools in the state.
The governor made the disclosure when he received in audience, the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) late Wednesday.
He said the sums of N70 million has been released to the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development to produce the notebooks and make them available to students in public schools for free.
It came a day after the education ministry conducted open bids for renovation of 31 public schools across Kwara state.
“I went to some schools where the students have no reading materials. That is why we set aside about N70million to make sure that books get to the students and they will soon start distributing them,” AbdulRazaq said.
Responding to appeals by the NUT for the governor to look into issues affecting them, AbdulRazaq promised to look holistically into the welfare of the civil servants including teachers who he said are key to the future of the children.
The state NUT Chairman, Toyin Salihu tate, commended the governor for his unique leadership of the state which he said has resulted in prompt and full payment of workers’ salary since he assumed office.
He pledged their support for the government to realise its policy objectives in the education sector.
