Governor Ahmed Ododo of Kogi State has approved the disbursement of N8 billion for several infrastructural projects at the newly-established Kogi State University, Kabba.
The Commissioner for Education, Wemi Jones, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lokoja.
Jones said the approved fund would cover the construction of the Senate Building, Faculty of Science as well as male and female hostels at the university.
He said that contractors had been mobilised to move to sites, adding that construction works would commence within the next two weeks.
The commissioner maintained that the Governor Ododo-led administration remained committed to consolidating on the solid education foundation laid by his predecessor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
He said: “Kogi State Government has been servicing education very monumentally, and the present administration of Governor Ahmed Ododo is resolved to maintain and surpass the budgetary allocation of 30 percent to education.
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“Ododo, being a part of former Governor Yahaya Bello’s administration, is fully committed to giving topmost priority to the education sector in the state.”
Jones further said that the governor had approved N316 million as bursary award for 8,750 out of over 40,000 Kogi State indigenous students in tertiary institutions across the county.
According to him, 201 Law students would receive N300,000 each, while the remaining students would get N30,000 each.
He explained that the 8,750 students were those who had completed the upload of the required documents for verification out of the 40,000 that applied online.
The commissioner also said that the governor recently approved the disbursement of over N600 million as fees for the West African Examination Council examinations for 18,734 students in public schools, adding that the final verification and disbursement process were ongoing.
