………. Approves N300m Soft Loan For Teachers
By Rabiu Sanusi
Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano state has revealed how the refusal of the immediate-past administration to pay N1.3 billion NECO, NBAIS fees grossly affected the education growth of thousands of Kano students.
Governor Abba Yusuf who made the revelation during the declaration of state of emergency on education in Kano on Saturday state regretted that the immediate-past administration abandoned the good legacies left behind by former Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso to foster the educational development of Kano citizens, particularly, the youths, designed to keep them at the same pace with their peers across the globe.
Governor Abba Yusuf said when he took over as Governor of Kano state, he discovered with nostalgia that students who sat for NBAIS Examination from 2021-2023 could not access their results because of the failure of the previous administration to pay the relevant agency what was due to them.
The Governor explained that his administration met a backlog of liability of examination fee to the tune of over N1.3billion which have been paid and got Kano State students registered for NECO and NBAIS.
“In the year 2024, the state government has approved for the payment of NECO and NBAIS registration fees to the tune of over N2.9Billion for 121,597 students that have four Credits in their Qualifying Examination in public schools.
He also noted that, as a committed investor in human capital development, the current administration has invested billions of Naira to sponsor 1st Class graduates to pursue higher degrees in foreign universities.
The first batch of 1,001 laureates are already in the second semester of their studiesm added that, government also paid for the registration of all Kano
State Student studying at Bayero University, Kano.
“As a one-off compassionate intervention, the state government supported the Kano State Students studying in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Federal University Dutse and others”. He pointed out.
Meanwhile, Governor Abba’s administration has reintroduced the revolving soft loan for Primary School Teachers
It has approved the disbursement of N300m soft loan to teachers, some of the teachers have already started receiving their cheques.