Commissioner of Information and Orientation in Sokoto State, Alhaji Sambo Bello Danchadi, has said that over 800,000 children in the state have been enrolled into basic education schools marking a drastic increase in the number of enrolment into public primary schools in the state. Alhaji Danchadi attributed the increased enrolment…
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Gov. Ahmed Aliyu has assured the people of Sokoto state of more developmental projects in the 2025 fiscal year. He gave this assurance while declaring open the 11th regular meeting of the State Executive Council. Gov. Aliyu added that the present administration had during the year under review executed several…
By Chidimma UCHEGBU The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given the Niger State government the nod to proceed with the establishment of the Abdulsalami Abubakar University of Agriculture and Climate Action at Mokwa. The NUC approval was contained in a letter addressed to Governor Umar Bago and signed by the…
The Ambassador of the United States of America (USA) to Nigeria, Mr Richard Mills Jnr, has extolled Gov. Ahmed Aliyu’s 9-point agenda for Sokoto state. He stated this on Thursday when he paid a courtesy call on Gov. Aliyu at the Government House, Sokoto. He said he was in Sokoto…
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto state has said that his administration would introduce a special skills acquisition programme for the people living with disabilities (PWDs) in the state. He gave the indication during the 2024 International Day of Persons with Disabilities held in Sokoto. According to him, the special skills…
Gov. Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto has expressed his readiness to partner the Sokoto state chapter of the Alumni Association of National Institute for the development of the state. He made this known when he received members of the state chapter of the association on a courtesy visit. The Governor expressed confidence…
Chidimma Uchegbu The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has called for the suspension of the Tax Bill currently before the National Assembly so as to enable elaborate debate on its implication on the life of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking in a statement made available to journalists…
ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, THE GOVERNOR OF SOKOTO STATE, DR. AHMED ALIYU SOKOTO FCNA, AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE YEAR 2025 BUDGET TO THE SOKOTO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY 29THNOVEMBER 2024. BismillahirRahmanir Rahim. May the benediction and salutations of Allah continue to be upon our noble Prophet’…
Alhaji Yusuf Mohammed Maccido, is the Commissioner of Water Resources in Sokoto State. He is a Prince of the Sultanate and one time Secretary of the Sokoto Local Government Council and Principal Private Secretary to his father, the later Sultan Muhammad Maccido. Yusuf’s passion for service to the people is…
Gov. Ahmad Aliyu has presented the 2025 state’s appropriation bill amounting to N526,882,142,484.39 The budget, which is tagged “Transformation and Infrastructural Sustainability Budget “, focuses more on developmental projects in the coming year. The breakdown of the budget indicates that capital expenditure gulped N349,386 540,354.25, while recurrent expenditure stood at…