Kwara state government has accessed seven billion naira grant from the Universal Basic Education Commission to finance massive infrastructural projects across 600 schools in the state.
Speaking at the flag off ceremony in Otte town of Asa local government area, the governor said the projects are a combination of the 2014 to 2019 Universal Basic Education Commission-SUBEB interventions that got stuck despite grants it received in 2013.
According to him, the projects include statewide wholesale remodeling of schools, construction of new classrooms, rehabilitation of existing ones, construction of water, sanitation and hygiene (wash) facilities, information and communication facilities, and training and retraining of teachers.
Abdulrazaq added that there will be construction of four new classrooms each across 61 locations, three new classrooms each in 64 locations, and two new classrooms each in 116 locations.
The SUBEB chairman, Shehu Adaramaja, who commended the governor for the huge investment in the education sector, announced that over 600 schools across the state would benefit from the interventions.
