The Bauchi State government has disclosed that about N3 billion has been spent on the construction of a total of 270 classrooms for primary and secondary schools across the state.
This was disclosed by the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBED), Bello Zubairu, while briefing journalists during an inspection tour of projects executed by the current administration after one year in office.
At the project site in one of the schools at 1000 Housing Estate, Zubairu stated that the projects were executed in partnership with SUBEB and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEB), with N1.5 billion each as counterpart funding.
He said work on the projects was in line with standard specifications.
The projects inspection media team was also told that 16 other special school projects were executed by the state government across the state at a total cost of N500 million, aimed at promoting the development of basic education.
On its own, the state Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through its projects engineer, Mukhtar Mohammed Musa, told journalists at the Yelwa Practicing School of the former Bauchi Teachers College, that the school established in 1931 was fully renovated and a solar-powered borehole sunk in its premises, which was also fenced.
Musa also explained that 16 other projects across the state were either newly constructed or renovated under collaborative efforts between the state office of SDGs and the Conditional Grant Scheme (CGS) of the federal government with 50 per cent each as counterpart funding.
He added that the projects which were executed in hard-to-reach (HTR) areas of the state included the provision of equipment, furniture, as well as teaching and learning materials
