Nigeria: Sokoto to Establish Boarding Primary Schools

Posted to the web 25 July 2008 Aminu Mohammad Sokoto The Sokoto State government is to establish a boarding primary school in each of the three senatorial districts.This was announced yesterday by the state governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko while receiving a report on the way forward for education in the state. According to him, the government was committed to the education sector, which necessitated the setting up of a powerful committee to review the state of the sector. Governor Wamakko assured the committee that the government would study all the recommendations made and implement them for the benefit of all those seeking knowledge now and generations yet unborn. He assured that no amount of resources spent on education was wasted, adding that the government would continue to support the sector morally and... [read full story]