Saturday, 22 July 2017

House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education commend Edo State Government for the judicious utilisation of the Universal Basic Education




   
 
    House of Representatives Committee on Basic Education has commended the Edo State Government for the judicious utilisation of the Universal Basic Education, UBEC, funds.

   Team Leader of the House Committee, Hon Istifanus Gyang, who led other members on tour of schools in the state, said they were in the state as part of their legislative oversight functions to assess the level of utilisation of the grant accessed.
   Gyang who described physical infrastructure and teachers in the education sector as hardware and software respectively tasked the state government and the SUBEB to do more in the area of human capital development, especially in the training and retraining of teachers to complement the state government’s infrastructural development in the education sector which is rated high.
   The deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, who received the committee on behalf of Governor Godwin Obaseki, assured that government was already working on accessing the grant.
   He assured that the present administration will remain transparent in handling UBEC funds while also seeking the National Assembly’s cooperation in that regard.

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