Samuel Luka, Bauchi
Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Y. Suleiman has offered reasons for his passion in investing in the education of his constituency, Ningi local government area of the state.
A statement made available to newsmen by his spokesperson, Comrade Abdul Ahmad Burra on Wednesday explained that investment in the education sector of Ningi Local Government remains his principal's most cherished legacy and biggest payback to the society.
According to Burra, the speaker made the remarks during the 2nd Annual Olympiad Competition Award Ceremony organized by Ningi Merit Educational Foundation (NIMEF) which took place in Ningi on Wednesday.
The Speaker, according to his spokesperson, maintained that education remains his top priority been one of the beneficiary without which he cannot become what he is today.
Speaker Abubakar vowed to continue to invest heavily in the education sector of his Local Government and the State in general for a prosperous and progressive future.
While narrating how he had offered various educational intervention and initiatives in the Local Government even before venturing into politics, the speaker commended the organizers of the competition which he said will expose talented and brilliant students, encourage, support and coach them to attain their full potentials.
Rt. Abubakar who described the programme as spectacular and worthy of emulation, pledged to continue supporting the Foundation in all its activities.
The speaker expressed delight over the story that most beneficiaries of his Free JAMB/UTME Registration Initiative have gotten admissions and are currently studying in various universities, assuring that the free UTME registration for qualified students from Ningi Local Government will continue in the new year.
In a remarks, the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, Pharmacist Haruna Hassan Ningi said that the Foundation was founded in 2020 to support education in the Local Government through various interventions and initiatives.
He added that the Foundation has succeeded in organizing tutorials to students of secondary schools across the local government.
Haruna said that the foundation has also assisted in coaching students for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), annual inter-schools competition, distribution of instructional materials to schools, facilitation of free UTME registration, financial support to indigent students, guidance and counselling services, among others.
According to him, so far most of the beneficiaries of the Foundation's UTME coaching and free registration have gotten admissions into various universities and other tertiary institutions.
Pharmacist Haruna Hassan commended Speaker Abubakar, Professor Adamu Ahmed, Malam Garba Hussaini and Dr Adamu Bala Ningi for funding the Foundation.
He called on other sons and daughters of the Local Government to contribute their quota toward boosting education.
In their separate remarks, Chairman of the Occasion Malam Garba Hussaini who is the Provost of Bill and Melinda Gates College of Health Technology Ningi, Education Secretary of Ningi Local Government Malam Danladi Sabo, Head of Department, Science Laboratory Technology, Bauchi State University Gadau, Dr Aliyu Muhammad Aliyu, Co-founder of the Foundation and lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic Bauchi, Malam Abdul Ahmad Burra lamented on the sorry state of education in Ningi and the failure of the elites who are beneficiary of education to look back home and join hands together in order to solve the problems.
They advocated for a comprehensive and all inclusive system in which prominent sons and daughters of the Local Government will payback to the society through educational support mechanism.
At the end of the Competition, in the English Olympiad, Senior Category, Abdullahi Nasiru Shuaibu from GSS Burra wins 1st Position, Hindatu Saleh Adamu from Tafarki Memorial Academy Ningi wins 2nd Position, Aishatu Dalhatu from Government Girls Day Secondary School Burra wins 3rd position while in the Junior Category Halima Muhammad Danliti from Ihya'ussunna Academy Ningi wins 1st Position, Hannatu Musa from Government Day Secondary School Sabuwar Tiffi wins 2nd Position while Sulaiman Aliyu Hussaini of Young Achievers Academy wins 3rd Position.
In the Mathematics Olympiad Senior Category, Ibrahim Sulaiman of Ihya'ussunna Academy Ningi wins the 1st Position, Ibrahim Hashim Adam of Young Achievers Academy Ningi wins the 2nd Position, Ummusalma Adam of Ihya'ussunna Academy Ningi wins the 3rd Position while in the Junior Category Sulaiman Hussaini Aliyu of Young Achievers Academy Ningi wins the 1st Position, Muhammad Abubakar Ahmad of Government Junior Secondary School Sabuwar Tiffi wins the 2nd Position while Halima Muhammad Danliti from Ihya'ussunna Academy Ningi wins the 3rd Position.
In the Spelling Bee Olympiad, Senior Category, Hafsat Hussaini of Tafarki Memorial Academy Ningi wins the 1st Position, Abdullahi Bin Abdullahi of Ihya'ussunna Academy Ningi wins the 2nd Position, Bilkisu Adamu Umar from Ihya'ussunna Academy Ningi wins the 3rd Position while in the Junior Category Sulaiman Hussaini Aliyu of Young Achievers Academy Ningi wins the 1st Position, Ahmad Adamu Aliyu from Jibwis Science Secondary School Ningi wins the 2nd Position while Ummusalma Muhammad Auwal of Tafarki Memorial Academy Ningi wins the 3rd Position.
According to Burra, various prizes were given to the winners to mark the end of the event.
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