My Govt Provided 78,000 Units Of Classroom Furniture – el-Rufai
BY AMOS TAUNA, KADUNA – Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of Kaduna State on Thursday declared his government has so far distributed no fewer than 78,000 units of classroom furniture to public schools since he assumed office on May 29, 2015.
Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna after receiving 18-year-old Nkechinyere Chidi-Ogbolu, author of the book `Tales of an Uber Minor in College,’ the governor also said that girls should be given equal opportunities as boys to go to school and contribute more meaningfully to societal growth.
The governor, who described the author as a great source of inspiration, urged young people not to waste their time on the street but aspire for greatness at all times.
According to him, “I want every girl in Kaduna state to see and emulate or even exceed her; that is why for me her visit is very important.
“It is an example of what we can achieve if we give our girls the same opportunity that we give our boys in Africa, particularly in the Northern part of Nigeria, where girls do not get same opportunity to get educated as boys,’’ he said.
El-Rufai disclosed that his administration has invested in reviving education in the state, adding, “We find out that more than half of our children seat on the floor, and we have to accelerate the process of providing furniture in our primary and secondary schools.’’
Apart from promising to do more in equipping public schools with furniture, the governor maintained: “We still have long way to go and we will continue within the limited resource we have, until we make public schools as good as private schools.
“We are trying to get all our primary schools to have library, so that we put books in those primary schools and also encourage the formation of writing and literary clubs in our primary and secondary schools”.
