Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has commissioned key projects in Gummi, Bukkuyum, and Maru local government areas of the state.
In Gummi Local Government, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar III, who commissioned the Almajiri Integrated Quranic Education Center, said the project was part of the state government’s series of initiatives known as the ‘Zamfara Rescue Projects,’ commemorating the first year in office of Dauda Lawal’s administration.
Governor Dauda Lawal said the Almajiri Center had been named after his eminence, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, who served as the special guest of honour.
Delivering his speech in Gummi LGA, Governor Lawal restated that the Almajiri school was a project conceived and executed by his administration as part of the drive to ensure universal basic education for all school-age children across the state.
The Tsangaya education system was the dominant form of education in this part of the world. It is a system through which religious education and values are transmitted to all who pass through it.
According to him, the project aims to give children the knowledge and skills to help them better fit into the new scheme of things worldwide. Mainstreaming the two systems, therefore, is the surest way of bringing more progress to our people and communities.
The system will, therefore, mainstream the Arabic schools’ curricula, integrating them with Islamic studies and Western education.
The government has also integrated it into the Universal Basic Education Programme, adding that, subjects like English, Mathematics, Social Studies, and vocational education will be taught alongside Islamic education.
The school building comprises nine hostels, teachers’ quarters, a perimeter wall, solar-powered electrification, boreholes, furniture, and teaching and learning facilities, among other amenities. Additionally, the school has a vocational center where training in carpentry, woodwork, masonry, tailoring, computer appreciation, and cobbling will be provided to the learners.
In Nasarawa Burkullu, Bukkuyum Local Government Area, Governor Lawal commissioned the General Hospital, which was upgraded from a primary healthcare center to general hospital..
Similarly in Maru local government, Governor Lawal assessed the ongoing renovation of the General Hospital Maru, which included repairing all structures and providing state-of-the-art facilities to boost its capacity to provide effective healthcare services for our people.
Earlier, in Gummi the Sultan of Sokoto Alhaji Saad Abubakar III commended the effort of the Governor for initiating the project which will yield positive result on reducing street begging, unemployment and out of school children in the state.
COV/ SANI DUTSINMA
