Niger Upgrades State Boarding School Forty Years After

The Niger State government has begun renovation of boarding schools in the state to create a conducive learning environment for both students and teachers.

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello disclosed that some of the schools in the state have not undergone renovation for over 40 years, stressing that his administration will not allow schools to collapse.

Sani Bello stated this on Wednesday after inspecting the ongoing total renovation of Ahmadu Bahago Secondary School in Minna, the state capital under the Whole School Development Approach Programme.

The Governor who expressed satisfaction with the level of work said the project was part of the second phase of the Programme.

"So far so good the work is commendable.

"This is one of the missionary schools and for me to allow this school to collapse or die off we will be doing injustice to ourselves.

"So I am glad we have started rebuilding the school and hopefully it would provide a conducive teaching and learning environment for students and teachers.

"We will continue to do what we have to do and what we need to do in our educational sector.

"This will be the tenth project under Whole School Approach Programme, the others have been completed and hopefully, we will start that of the technical schools."

The Governor said though his administration may not be able to fix the 54 boarding schools in the state, it has however started and expressed hope that the next administration will continue with the programme.

Also speaking to newsmen, Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Hannatu Jibrin explained that the Whole School Development Approach Programme is a policy initiated by the state government to comprehensively renovate selected boarding schools across the three geopolitical zones of the state.