Gov AbdulRazaq Approves N20bn to Revamp School Infrastructure Across Kwara

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State has directed that N20billion be allocated in the supplementary budget for further revamp of school infrastructure across the state.

Doubling down on its own record, the new investment will strengthen the massive infrastructural upgrade in public schools, which the administration has embarked upon since 2020 after retooling Kwara’s relationship with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).

This is contained in a statement signed by Peter Amogbonjaye, Press Secretary,
Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, and made available to newsmen in Ilorin on Monday

“His Excellency has instructed that we dedicate another N20bn to school infrastructural upgrades. The process has started already. The designs are being made, and we will get down to this as soon as the supplementary budget is approved,” Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe said in a statement.

“This is not a standalone effort. It is only another major intervention of the administration to scale up what we have been doing. Between 2019 and now, the administration has worked on more than 1,254 classrooms — apart from several other special interventions.”

He said the administration is proud to have implemented SUBEB-UBEC school intervention projects from 2014 and now — a feat that he said is unique to the Abdulrazaq administration.

Olohungbebe said the new intervention, which will also include laboratory and sanitation facilities, targets schools in different parts of the state, complementing the ongoing interventions at SUBEB.

“Despite our huge interventions, we acknowledge that there are still gaps, and that is exactly why His Excellency is approving another special intervention to further close the gaps in school infrastructure,” he added.

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