Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has signed an agreement between the Kano government and the Medina Academy in Saudi Arabia for the physical training of 5,000 state teachers in Madina.
Muhammad Garba, the Commissioner for Information, revealed this while addressing journalists on the conclusion of the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting.
“The state government will be responsible for providing return air tickets, visas, training allowances to the first batch of 50 teachers that will attend the intensive training in Madina before Ramadan,” he said.
According to Garba, the council approved the transfer of N94.9 million to help settle rent stores and garages in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for 2020 and 2021.
According to him, the council also approved a contract for the completion of a five-kilometer road dualization project in the Tofa local government region.
Other approvals included the release of funds for healthcare personnel training, as well as stamp duty refunds and educational support funds.
The council also approved the renewal of internet service, annual ICT equipment maintenance, and the deployment of Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) software at Abdullahi Wase Teaching Hospital, according to him.
The remaining items were the hiring of a consultant to oversee the proposed Kano State Fibre Optics Network Project and the purchase of firefighting trucks.
“Maintenance of 12 selected metropolitan roads, contract for management and maintenance of street lightening, fountain and landscape area of Dangi interchange and purchase of one-unit 350KVA MIKANO generator.
The council also approved a N500 million counterpart money for the implementation of a six-year World Bank-funded project called “Agro Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL),” according to the commissioner.
The World Bank has granted a 700 million dollar credit for the ACReSAL project from the International Development Association in 2021.
According to Garba, the project aims to increase the adoption of climate-resilient landscape management approaches and improve livelihood in arid and semi-arid watersheds in northern Nigeria.
According to him, the project will build on the successes achieved in the state through the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP).
The project will help northern Nigeria implement sustainable landscape management methods and boost the country’s long-term enabling environment for integrated climate-resilient landscape management.
