A World Bank-assisted project ‘Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, AGILE,’ says it will rehabilitate 614 public secondary schools at N1.8 billion in Kano State.
The Deputy Project Coordinator, Nasiru Abdullahi, made the disclosure when he led other staff on a courtesy visit to the Emir of Bichi, Nasiru Bayero, on Thursday in Bichi.
He said that the funds had already been credited into the bank accounts of the Schools-Based Management Committees, SBMCs, of the benefiting schools.
Mr Abdullahi stated that the SBMCs members were trained on the importance of prioritising their schools’ needs for the attainment of the desired objective.
“The SBMC committee has community and religious leaders, representation from self-help organization, and students, among others.
“The Principal is the secretary of the committee who knows the problems of the school better,” he said.
According to Mr Abdullahi, each school received an amount of money based on the nature of project it wanted to undertake.
“Close to N1.8 billion has been granted to the schools, which is half of what the schools will get, in order to ensure effective utilisation of the funds.
“Any school that finished its project will get the balance for the remaining project.
“The money is in the account of each of the benefiting schools. A school will come to AGILE to get clearance, which it will take to bank and withdraw the money,” he said
