Deputy Chief Whip of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Hon. Adwawa Donglock has commended Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri for recommending Guyuk LGA, as one of the beneficiaries of North East Development Commission MEGA Schools.
Hon. Adwawa who represents Guyuk constituency, also commended the NEDC for approving the recommendation of the Governor to construct one of the MEGA schools in Guyuk LGA.
The lawmaker made the commendations when he led a high powered delegation comprising of traditional rulers and other stakeholders to formally handover the land provided by the traditional council and local government at GnaKise to the Cohort Contractors and Star Burst Property and Investment, the team of contractors handling the projects.
He said the initiative of the NEDC to construct three mega schools one in each of the Senatorial District of the state is commendable adding that, the project will complement the landmark achievements of the present administration in education sector.
Mr Donglock also used the medium and expressed appreciation of his constituents to the administration of Governor Fintiri over achievements recorded in the areas of infrastructure and human development in Guyuk constituency and the state at Large.
Speaking on behalf of Guyuk traditional council the acting district head of Gnakise Mr. Obidah Wulargai while handing over the land to the contractors described education as the bedrock of social development and to achieve this, government, parents, community leaders and all other stakeholders have to play their roles.
He said, the Guyuk traditional council will not relent in its efforts to support the present administration in its bid to take Adamawa to greater heights adding that the project will go a long way in improving the academic performance of the future leaders.
In his remarks the council chairman Guyuk local government Mr. Solomon Abafras who was represented by his Vice Mr. Peter Dadure Dibalka while commending the Governor for recommending the project to Guyuk appreciated the member representing Guyuk Mr. Adwawa Donglock for his roles in putting smiles on the faces of Guyuk constituents.
The council chairman noted that the NEDC MEGA schools will go a long way in increasing the quality and standard of education in the area and also allow the students to compete with their mates across the state.
People's Democratic Party PDP stakeholders in the area Mr. Bizen Wilson and Wunjir Wycliffe have given thumbs up to efforts of the NEDC and the Adamawa State Governor in revamping education in the state.
The stakeholders added that, the member representing Guyuk constituency at the state assembly Mr. Adwawa Donglock also deserves special kudos considering his tract record in areas of facilitating for developmental projects to the people of the area.
Also speaking one of the residents of the area Engineer Musa Galabu saluted NEDC and Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri for their educational development in the state, adding that education is the best legacy to children who are the future leaders for them to be useful for themselves and the society.
Fielding questions from newsmen shortly after the visit to the proposed site for the MEGA school one of the contractors handling the project Barrister Muhammad Abdulrahman said the contract was awarded by the NEDC to build mega educational institutions to combat insecurity in the North East geopolitical zone of the country.
Each of the mega schools, which is part of NEDC’s development agenda, will be spread across the three senatorial zones in the six states of the North East region.
The Deputy Chief had earlier engaged the stakeholders in the Local Government Area to intimate them on the need to support the laudable project of the present administration in its bid to take the education sector to greater heights.
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