A Kano State Federal lawmaker on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, Abubakar Abubakar has donated laptop and desktop computers, printers, textbooks and school bags to 4,274 secondary school students in his immediate constituency.
The lawmaker, representing the Bichi Federal Constituency of the state, donated the items to the beneficiaries in Bichi.
He said the gesture is to complement the government’s efforts toward the provision of basic educational materials to schools in the state.
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He said the gesture would further enhance the quality of teaching and learning in schools, noting that it would also make education affordable.
He disclosed that he built and furnished 200 blocks of classrooms in 11 schools in the constituency adding that plans were underway to grant scholarships to graduates in the constituency, who wish to further their education abroad.
He advised parents in the constituency to priorities the education of their children adding that such a move would enable them to become useful not only to themselves but the society at large.
Receiving the items on behalf of the students, the Chairman of Bichi Local Government Area, Yusuf Sabo, thanked the lawmaker for the gesture, adding that the huge donation was the first of its kind in the history of the council.
Earlier, a member representing the Bichi constituency in the Kano State House Assembly, Alhaji Lawan Shehu described the gesture, as a giant stride aimed at investing in the future of the younger generation within the constituency.
In a remark, the Coordinator of the Education Committee of the constituency, Murtala Namowa called on other government officials, spirited individuals, and groups in the constituency to emulate the lawmaker toward improving residents of the constituents.
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