The Federal Government has commended the Kano State Government for committing 32 per cent of its budget to education. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the state earmarked a historic N405 billion of its N1.36 trillion proposed 2026 budget for the education sector, following its declaration of a state of emergency on education.
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, gave the commendation on Tuesday in Kano while presenting permanent and pensionable appointment letters to 4,900 newly recruited teachers and engaging 3,688 Abba Gida Gida BESDA Cohort V facilitators, describing the feat as a major investment in human capital development and quality education.
Alausa hailed teachers as the most important professionals in any society for their role in shaping future generations and national development. “You have a performing governor who has prioritised education. In three years, Kano has recruited about 16,000 teachers, which is a remarkable investment in human capital development. Teachers are the most important professionals in any country because good teachers produce good students and responsible citizens,” he said.
Urging the new teachers to justify the confidence placed in them, he said, “Much has been given to you, and much is expected. Make the governor proud, make Kano State proud and teach every child with passion and care.” He also praised the state’s infrastructure investments, including road construction and solar-powered street lights, as evidence of good governance.
Earlier, Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf said the exercise marked another milestone in his administration’s drive to reposition education, noting that the government had recruited more than 13,000 qualified teachers into basic and secondary schools between May 2023 and June 2026. He said the latest 4,900 teachers and 3,688 BESDA Cohort V facilitators pushed the total recruited under his administration to more than 16,000.
Kabir-Yusuf said his government had also built and renovated classrooms, provided school furniture, primary school uniforms and instructional materials, reopened 15 boarding schools, established six technical schools, and continued paying counterpart funding to access interventions from the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC. He added that the BESDA facilitators would serve an initial nine months, after which qualified beneficiaries could earn permanent appointment based on performance.
The Executive Secretary of the Kano State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Alhaji Yusuf Kabir, said the recruitment followed due process guided by transparency and merit, while the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Aisha Garba, described it as a timely investment in the future of Kano’s children. “Every appointment letter represented renewed hope for classrooms, communities and children,” she said, noting UNESCO’s estimate that more than 44 million teachers were needed globally.
Speaking for the beneficiaries, Abdullahi Musa-Abba thanked the governor for the opportunity and pledged that the new teachers would carry out their duties diligently and uphold the ethics of the profession.
Source: Vanguard.
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