Gov Eno injects N5.9B into SUBEB, decries rate of vandalism in schools

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has expressed interest implicit rising cases of vandalism and theft of schoolhouse facilities successful immoderate communities crossed the state. He urged assemblage leaders to instrumentality ownership of investments sited successful their areas.

This was adjacent arsenic helium injected ₦5.9 cardinal into the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) for 2025 and 2026 involution projects.

Briefing the property successful Uyo connected Wednesday, the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rt. Hon. Anietie Etuk, Ph.D., said the funds would guarantee a displacement from partial renovations to a much broad involution approach.

His words: “Intervention volition nary longer beryllium piecemeal. When we spell to a school, we volition grip it holistically, classrooms, water, toilets, energy and supply everything required to marque the situation suitable for learning.

“However, authorities cannot proceed to perpetrate immense resources lone for facilities to beryllium vandalised. Communities indispensable instrumentality work to support what is provided for them.”

The president besides hinted astatine ongoing efforts by the committee to amended teaching standards and make a much conducive learning situation for pupils crossed nationalist superior and inferior secondary schools.

He further hinted astatine the planned rollout of a caller program for superior schools, describing it arsenic a long-overdue improvement that volition importantly heighten the quali...