Hon. Adwawa Donglock, Guyuk Constituency ADHA
Reprieve may come to the teeming students in Guyuk Local Government Area, Adamawa state as the state House of Assembly has directed for the establishment of Campus or Study Centre of the Adamawa State University(ADSU) Mubi, at the headquarters of the LGA.
To this end, Honourable Members of the Assembly have unanimously enacted 2 resolutions directing the Management of the State University Mubi to establish the study center in the area.
The Legislators have further directed the House Standing Committees on Education and Tertiary Institution to liaise with the Ministry of Higher Education as well as the Committee on Legislative Compliance to ensure the implementation of the resolutions.
The resolutions of the Honourable Members followed a motion on the matter of urgent public importance raised by the Member representing Guyuk constituency, Hon. Adwawa Donglock.
Earlier, Hon. Adwawa who is also the Deputy Chief of the House, said that the more education is brought closer to the people, the more they embrace learning which will eventually boost their capacity and bring about socio economic advancement of their communities.
Hon. Adwawa told his colleagues that large chunk of students have been completing secondary schools in his constituency without a study center that will prepare them for study in higher institutions, saying that if the center is established will improve the standard of education in Guyuk and Adamawa in general.
According to him, lack of study centre has adversely affected most of the students from furthering their education as most of them could not afford to travel long distance in pursuit of education due to paucity of funds or poverty.
The PDP legislator added that the centre will not only bring succour to applicants from Guyuk and environs but engender social integration, encourage unity and coexistence among the diverse communities, create employment, boost economy of the community and generate revenue for government.
He said that the tertiary institutions have in the past years embarked on the establishment of study centres in some parts of the state, adding that the singular gesture has helped in boosting the educational developement of the benefiting communities, and also eased the burden on students, parents and guardians of cost travelling long distance to acquire knowledge.
He noted that Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri's administration in the state had introduced free, quality and compulsory education policy at primary and secondary schools in order to uplift standard of education in the state.
Hon. Adwawa explained that the policy seeks to address the disturbing gaps that make the realisation of government objectives in the state very difficult or nearly impossible, and urged his colleagues to rally round the motion to ensure the establishment of the centre in Guyuk.
Speaking on the motion, Hon. Abdullahi Umar Yapak (Verre) described the motion as timely as will address the difficulties being faced by the constituents more especially from going to State Polytechnic Campus in Numan LGA and other places to study or carry out research.
Lending his voice, Hon. Abubakar Isa(Shelleng), stated that their people have been yearning for campus or study centre in the area for quite sometimes, saying that any development sited in Guyuk, his constituents will also benefit from it and that he is in support of it.
Other Lawmakers who contributed on the debate including the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Pwamwakeno Mackondo(Numan), Hon. Hammantukur Yettisuri( Jada Mbulo), Hon. Bathiya Wesley (Hong), Hon. Simon Isa(Song) and Hon. Japheth Kefas (Gombi) supported the motion and urged the House to grant the request of their colleague.
Thereafter, the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas, directed the clerk to communicate the resolutions to Governor Fintiri, Ministry and ADSU for implementation.
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