NEDC Begins Construction Of Mega School In Potiskum Town Of Yobe State
By Usman Bello, Damaturu
Inline with the post insurgency recovery development and resettlement efforts, the North East Development Commission (NEDC) today officially flag-off the construction of mega School in Potiskum town of Yobe State.
The Managing Director/ CEO North East Development Commission (NEDC) while delivering address said that after careful study and found congestion in some schools, the Board of the Commission took a decision to establish a mega School in each of the senatorial zone within the North East states leading to the provision of 18 mega Schools across with Yobe State having three.
Describing the schools, the NEDC explained that each of the School after completion, will comprise of 12 classrooms each for Primary and Secondary section making a total of 24 classrooms, laboratory, workshop, computer center. Others include administration block, Dispensary, commercial area, borehole, gate room and 200kva generator to ensure steady supply of power.
Alkali further revealed that the NEDC has so far provided 3 ICT Centers across the 3 senatorial districts of Yobe State where he said, in each of the Centers they intend to create jobs for the teeming youths in order to become employers of labour thereby enabling wealth creation among the people.
Other interventions of the Commission, the MD said were in the area of Housing, food and non food items, security, emergencies and health.
