Students made to sit on floor while chairs are locked up somewhere.

For long, students of Hafsat Ahmadu Bello Memorial Secondary School, Sokoto, have had to endure learning in the most uncomfortable way.

Only a few classes in the school have enough seats to accommodate them. For long, they have to put up with taking lectures while seated on bare floor. Most use prayer mats to protect their white tops from the floor’s dust, while other come to classes with extra wrappers to spray on floor as they sit.
While they have to put up with the most uncomfortable situation to take lectures daily, a few blocks away, 200 sets of classroom furniture were locked away, unattended to, and left to rot away.

But their suffering came to an end last week when the committee set up by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to implement the state of emergency declared in education visited the school.

The visit was facilitated by the need to individually assess problems of various schools and make recommendations to government on how best to address them.

“Upon visiting the Hafsat Ahmadu Bello Memorial Secondary School, Sokoto, students were seen taking lectures while sitting on the floor. To our amazement, a few blocks away, 200 new classroom furniture were locked away unattended to. We immediately ordered that the furniture be arranged in the classes in need, and the school management was admonished to always prioritise the need of the students at all times,” said Dr. Shadi Sabeh, who led members of the School Needs Assessment sub-committee during the visit. 

“So while the government has provided facilities, the school management will decide not to utilize them. The school managers must key into the new vision for better schools or all our efforts will be in vain,” he added.

The joy of the kids could not be contained as they took the lead in arranging the chairs in their classes by themselves.

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Envoy recommends Korea's devt model to Sokoto

The model adopted by South Korea to develop its rural areas can be applicable to Nigerian communities if certain variables are put in place for greater good of the people, the country's ambassador to Nigeria, Noh Kyu-Duk, has said.

Speaking when he visited Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the envoy said South Korea achieved important milestones in nationhood when it introduced the 'Saemul Undong' (New Community) movement in the 70s.

"This model is a drive for self-support based upon the principles of diligence, self-reliance and cooperation. It achieved a lot of success because it did away with poverty and importantly closed the gap between cities and rural areas," he stated.

A statement issued in Sokoto Sunday by Tambuwal's spokesman, Malam Imam Imam, quoted the envoy as saying that the Saemul Undong movement also trained rural dwellers in ways to raise their income and upgrade their skills in various areas of human endeavor.

Responding, Tambuwal commended South Korea for its commitment to world peace and efforts to develop key sectors in the country.

He said the Saemul Undong will be adopted and modified to suit Sokoto's needs considering its cultural and religious peculiarities.

"Vast majority of our population reside in the rural areas so we are determined to ensure that the people in those localities feel the presence of government in every way possible. We are studying various development models and certainly, Korea's Saemul Undong excites us and we will modify it to suit our needs and way of life," the Governor added.

While thanking the ambassador for the visit, Tambuwal also said Sokoto and South Korea will collaborate in areas of education, agriculture, cultural exchange, youth empowerment and sports.

US Secretary of State Sen John Kerry visits Nigeria ! Photos.

Sen. John Kerry will be meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari to discuss topical issues bordering on counter terrorism efforts, the Nigerian economy, the fight against corruption, and human rights.

In Abuja, Kerry is expected to meet with a group of adolescent girls working to change community perceptions that devalue the role of girls in society, and also northern governors and religious leaders

Below are pictures of his visit to Sokoto state where issues bothering on youths , security and community building was discussed !

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Forceful Abduction Of A Benue Teenage Girl By Two Hisbah Members In Sokoto State. .Attn:#SultanofSokoto

                     

A man named Isaac Adaji Paul, from Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue state,filed a complaint on August 13 2015 at a  police in Sokoto State  over the  forceful abduction of his younger sister Patience Paul  by two of his  neighbours (Monde & Suleiman) and the Hisbah group in Gidan Kukah, Runjin Sambo area Sokoto, with the intention of converting her to Islam. 

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TSA: Sokoto Government Uncovers N1.5billion In Idle Accounts.

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Two weeks after the formal introduction of the Treasury Single Accounting (TSA) system in Sokoto, the state government said it has uncovered the sum of N1.5b lying idle in 100 redundant accounts belonging to it in various commercial banks in the country.Continue to read.read more