The Enugu state governor, Dr Peter Mbah,has described education as the greatest weapon of the state in the fight against poverty,based upon which his administration is to spend 33 per cent of the 2024 state budget on the education section sector.
The Governor made the remark at a town hall meeting with the theme:: Issues of Governance: the
journey so far, held in Enugu.
He revealed that work is ongoing in 135 out of the 260 smart schools, while
the remaining 125 School will be in
operation on or before the sept 2025.
Governor Peter Mbah reeled out his administration’s
achievement in less than one year in
office to include providing adequate security, massive road rehabilitation and
construction, of 81 rural and urban roads ,
provision of 120 million liters daily water supply from its initial 5
million Litres of water.
Provision of 260 type 2 hospitals being constructed in 260
wards of the state with state-of-the-art
medical facilities.
He also touched on the signing of electricity bill into law and
setting up the electricity
regulatory commission with investment in agriculture, transportation human
capital development, with training of 40,000 Enugu youths in ICT skills
and another 10,000 in vocational skills;
among many other interventions.
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