Kano Govt sets aside N4.6bn for classrooms’ construction in 2025
The Kano State Government says it has budgeted over N 4.6 billion for construction of new classrooms and other educational materials in 2025.
The state’s Commissioner for Planning and Budget, Alhaji Musa Shanono, stated this while giving the breakdown of the 2025 budget of the state as signed into law by Gov.Abba Yusuf.
Shanono said the amount was part of the N205.944 billion allocated to the education sector in the 2025 budget.
He said the total amount allocated to the education sector represented 29 percent of the total budget and had surpassed the UNESCO declaration of 26 percent.
Similarly, he said that about N1.380 billion would be spent on the procurement of pupils’ furniture for the newly-constructed classrooms.
He also said that the state government plans to spend N2.210 billion on school feeding programmes in all early child care and primary schools.
The commissioner said this was to improve the nutritional status, learning capacities and enrollment/retention of school-aged children through community participation.
During the fiscal year,he said that, the government would spend over N1.010 billion on the renovation of 100 classrooms across the state.
He also said that the government would spend N160 million on the provision of computers and digital gadgets to Model Primary Schools in the state.
“This clearly shows our commitment to rejuvenate the sector through injection of more resources towards restoring the entire education system in the state through improvement of teaching and learning outcomes,” the commissioner said.
He added that the approved budget of the state for 2025 has a total size of over N719.755 billion.
