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Zamfara Governor Begins Plan to Hire 2,000 Teachers to Fix Education
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has approved the recruitment of 2,000 teachers as part of his administration’s efforts to overhaul the education system in the state.
The announcement was made during an Executive Council meeting at the Government House in Gusau, where the governor reaffirmed his commitment to delivering on campaign promises. His spokesperson, Sulaiman Bala Idris, explained in a statement that this decision aligns with the administration’s focus on improving education, which ranks as its second priority.
The recruitment will be carried out in phases to ensure the process is transparent and targets the most qualified candidates for critical roles. In the first phase, 500 teachers will be hired in the first quarter of the year, focusing on subjects such as English, mathematics, chemistry, physics, biology, ICT, and entrepreneurship studies.
This initiative is part of the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Program, a federal project designed to enhance education for girls and improve school infrastructure across Nigeria.
TV anchor Rufai Oseni makes headlines as he speaks on fuel subsidy in Nigeria. He shared that Nigeria can have fuel subsidy without the long queues at filling stations.
“When we were still paying subsidies, there were no long queues. We were subsidising. So you can still have a subsidy regime going on, and there will be no long queues because production was close by. Dangote had it. That’s just it. That argument also falls flat.
“The biggest beneficiaries of subsidy are not Nigerians. They are crony capitalists that have big infrastructure, and they do contracts. They have been the biggest beneficiaries of the subsidy,” he said.
Lagos State Governor, Sanwo-Olu, speaks to those in the electricity sector about the usual blackouts in the state.
He speaks on ways things can change in the state and how electricity can be provided.
“We need to drop corporate egos, abandon long-standing excuses, and confront the harsh realities obstructing progress in the power sector.”
“We, state governments, used to give excuses that everything is centralised, so the Federal Government has unbundled it now. What have we done in a year and a half?” Sanwo-Olu asked.
“We take two steps forward, we go five steps backward,” he said.
Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has declared Thursday, August 20, a work-free day for public servants in the state to mark the Isese Festival.
Speaking on the celebration, he said “Ìṣẹ̀ṣe is not a relic. It is a living expression of our traditions and a celebration of Yoruba spirituality as an important part of Nigeria’s cultural and religious landscape,” he said.
He added “When the drums sound in Lagos on Thursday, they answer drums in Havana, in Salvador, in Port of Spain. Fifty-five million people and counting. Lagos is not observing a local holiday. Lagos is standing at the centre of a global heritage,” Aregbe said.
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