To ensure the development of education, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is conducting the 100 by 100 programme, which comprises renovating and upgrading 100 schools in 100 days, the Permanent Secretary, Mr. Olusade Adesola has said.
Adesola noted that the goal is to intervene directly in providing infrastructure and facilities for children in FCT schools in order to create a more favorable environment for learning.
The Permanent Secretary made this known while receiving commendation from the leadership of the All-African Students Union (AASU) in Abuja, stressing that the project’s outcome will ensure that the FCT produces more brilliant students coming out of the system.
Adesola hinted that immediately after the release of the contract, its execution will take only 100 days, which pushes the administration to pick out very credible contractors, who have the capacity, identify the schools, measure the works and other activities required.
He however, noted that unfortunately, the programme wasn’t carried out in the previous administration, but the project is still being implemented, as government is a continuum.
“For us in FCT, the commitment to the growth and development of the educational sector is a priority. And we are currently implementing the 100 by 100 programme which entails the renovation and upgrading of 100 schools in 100 days.
“We are also addressing the skills requirements and the welfare needs of our staff.
“Last year, over 80 teachers were promoted from Deputy Directors to Principal Directors. This is to ensure that these teachers or employees are well motivated after the large number of years they served by attaining the peak of their careers, so that they can continue to deliver teaching services.
“We also pay attention to the challenge of security which is very difficult to sustain because we spend substantial amounts of effort to provide it. In our schools particularly, those are the fringes and we use both the conventional and non-conventional methods”.
He continued: “Our challenge however, is the influx of the students trooping into the FCT. Majority of students in the FCT are from the neighboring states around the city because of inadequacies of the government in providing standard facilities and this pushes them to trekking into the nation’s capital especially from Nasarawa to Abuja, Kogi to Abuja or even Niger to Abuja. So in all those fringes, you see the schools are very fat in terms of human population, but because it is still one Nigeria, we believe that they are entitled to be educated and will continue to provide them in that aspect.
The AASU President and leader of the delegation, Comrade Osisiogu Osikenyi, in his remarks commended the FCTA for committing itself to improving better access to education at all levels in the territory.
Osisiogu, who expressed worries about campus insecurity, said “The Union is very happy that you have not allowed any campus in FCT to be on the ugly list of the campuses that have been attacked by hoodlums. We want you to intensify on that.
“Continue to be liaising with security agencies, so as to make sure that campuses, especially those which are located at the borderlines of the FCT are safe, “he said.
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