“… as Education Committee visits Ministry of Education. Ministry of Science and Tech as well as NASITDEA…”
Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology, has commended Gov. Abdullahi Sule for his passion and zeal to the development of the education sector in the State.
Rt. Hon. Abel Yakubu Bala, the Chairman of the committee gave the commendation when he led other members of the committee on an oversight visit to the Ministries of Education, Science and Technology and Nasarawa State Information, Technology and Digital Economy Agency (NASITDEA) on their 2024 budget performance today in Lafia.
Abel said that the importance of education, science and technology to nation building cannot be overemphasized, hence the need for all hands to be on deck to promote it.
” I want to commend His Excellency, Gov. Abdullahi Sule for prioritising education sector.
” His Excellency, Engr. A A Sule has done well and still doing his best in the education sector.
” We will continue to join hands with him to ensure the development of education, science and technology in the state” he said.
Hon. Abel advised them to adhere strictly to budget provisions.
The lawmaker pledged the assembly’s readiness to expedite action on the bill seeking for a Law to provide for the establishment and regulation of private schools in the state which has already scaled second reading at the floor of the assembly.
He said the assembly will do all that is necessary to assist the ministry of education to regulate the proliferation of illegal private schools in the state as well as help it to generate more revenue for the services of the state.
Besides, he promised to assist the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation to overcome its challenges of office accommodation, under staff and
fund releases to take the ministry to the next level of development.
Also speakings, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of education, Alhaji Sani Bala and Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr.Samuel Emgba as well as the Director General, Nasarawa State Information Technology and Digital Economy Agency, Mr Haruna Sani Sani appreciated the committee for supporting their activities to succeed.
They solicited for more support to enable them deliver on their mandates.
The Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education disclosed to the committee that the ministry had discovered illegal university operating in the state and have since order for the arrest of the owner.
He appealed to the assembly to hasten the passage of the proposed bill for the establishment and regulation of private schools in the state, saying that it will a legal tool that will enable the ministry to address some of it challenges associated with private schools in the state.
It would be reported that the committee inspected the newly constructed office of the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) in Science School, Lafia where the Chairman and his team were conducted round the offices.
The Chairman commended the management of the World Bank Project for the gesture and promised to render all the necessary support for the success of the project.
On her part, the Project Coordinator, Aishatu Aliyu said that for the sustainability of the project, it has introduced a School Based Management Committee (SBMC) system that will ensure the sustainability of the project in the event the project term terminated in the state.
The Project Coordinator said that members of the SBMC for each school have already been selected and trained and have since began work under the project.