The Borno Government has proposed over 23 billion naira for the education sector in the 2020 appropriation bill to reinvigorate the sector and counter the Boko Haram insurgency ideology.
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the amount was captured in the proposed 2020 Appropriation Bill of 134.5 billion presented to the state House of Assembly by Governor Babagana Zulum, on Monday.
Education, which is one of the major sectors devastated by the insurgency got the highest allocation in the proposed budget for the 2020 fiscal year.
Some of the major highlights of the budget include the provision of 6.941 billion naira for the provision of infrastructure, furniture, teacher development and procurement of instructional materials under the Ministry of Education.
Other projects listed in the document include construction of two Mega and two Technical Schools at Wuyo, Chibok, Mbalala, and Bulabulin.
Also, a number of secondary schools will be rehabilitated in Monguno; Damasak, Gajiram, Gubio, Dikwa, Ngala, Konduga, Bama and Gwoza.
