Sokoto State to Build 160 New Schools

Sokoto State Government has made it known that it has begun construction of no fewer than 160 primary and secondary schools across the state.

New Telegraph reports that the Special Adviser to Governor on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam disclosed this yesterday in Sokoto, the state capital.

Imam, who spoke during opening ceremony of a one-day Training of Field Officers for Pilot Survey on Schools’ NEEDS Assessment under the state of emergency on education in the state, hinted that the new schools consisted of 100 primary schools, 45 senior secondary schools and 15 junior secondary schools.

“If there is any sector that needed to be turned around, it should be the education sector. And this does not only lie with the teachers, but with us collectively as citizens,” he added.

Source: New Telegraph