FCTA declares state of emergency in education

Education infrastructure in the Federal Capital Territory will witness
drastic improvement this year, as the sector has remained a priority of the
current FCT Administration.
FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, gave this assurance,
while receiving students of Government Girls Secondary School, Abaji
that won the 2016 World Cup of the Student Advancement in Global
Entrepreneurship (SAGE) in his office at Area 11, Garki I District, Abuja.

The Minister at the brief ceremony also received the winners of 2016 NNPC
National Science Competition, winners of the National Science Teachers
Competition (Senior category GSS Wuse), winners of the National Science
Teachers Competition (Junior category JSS Pasali) and the winners of the
National Science Teachers Competition (Primary category LEA Primary School,
Jabi).
Malam Bello while congratulating the students/pupils and the teachers for
doing the country and FCT proud for coming first in all the competitions,
remarked that his Administration would do everything to improve educational
infrastructure in FCT pubic schools to give the teachers and students
conducive environment to excel.

The Minister reiterated that education remain the foundation and bedrock of
any economy or system in any society and would therefore remain top
priority of his Administration.

He called for hard work and rededication by all stakeholders to sustain the
feat achieved so far by coming first in all these competitions even at the
global stage.

Malam Bello promised to continue to support the Secretariat for the growth
and development of the educational sub-sector.

The Secretary of the FCT Education Secretariat, Musa Maikasuwa Yakubu, who
presented the victorious students to the Minister and the FCT Permanent
Secretary, Dr. Babatope Ajakaiye appreciated the support given to the
Secretariat to travel to Manila, Philippines for the SAGE Competition.

He revealed that with the exception of one student out the three who is
from Loyola Jesuit College, Gidan-Mangoro that participated in NNPC
National Science Competition, all other winners are from the public schools
owned and managed by the FCT Administration.