Tag: Sokoto State

Sokoto enrolled 75,000 children into schools in 2020 ? Tambuwal

Aminu Imam

Sokoto State government, under the Better Education Service Delivery Agency (BESDA) programme, has enrolled over seventy-five thousand children into basic schools in 2020. The State governor, Aminu Tambuwal stated this on Wednesday, during the official flag-off of BESDA enrolment drive for the year 2020/21, according to a statement issued by the office of his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Muhammad Bello. According to Gov. Tambuwal under the programme, over 1,513 integrated Quranic schools have been created just as teachers have been recruited and provided with books as well as…

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2021 Budget: Tambuwal seeks approval on N30bn loan

Aminu Imam

Sokoto State governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has requested the approval of the State’s House of Assembly to secure a N30 billion loan facility from Access Bank to part-fund the State’s 2021 Budget. Tambuwal, in a letter dated Dec. 16, addressed to the House Speaker, Aminu Achida, and presented at the Assembly sitting yesterday, said that the loan facility is to bridge the gap in anticipated revenue shortfall. According to the governor, the N30 billion loan facility is desired “to bridge the gap in the anticipated revenue shortfall and augment the…

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