Gov Sani Bello commissions fully equipped ICT centre in Kontagora

The Niger state governor Abubakar Sani Bello has stressed the need for private sector partnership in developing infrastructure for education .

Governor Bello made the call while commissioning an ICT centre with over 400 computers in kontogora built and equipped by a non profit organization.

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The Governor who observed that the development of the education sector is a long time investment which requires the collective efforts of government and private individuals, said the centre could also be used for the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board Examination (JAMB) Computer Base Test (CBT) thereby reducing the risk of travelling long distances.

In 2020, four students from kontogora local government council, seeking admission into various universities in Nigeria, lost their lives in a motor accident on their way to Minna the Niger state capital

Their mission was to write a computer based test because there was no facility with the requisite computers in the entire council and it’s environs that could undertake the examination.

This challenge to education has been further worsened by the activities of bandits on that road making it increasingly unsafe to pass through.

In January this year, the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, decried the low registration of students from Niger state and 5 other states in the north, including the FCT, attesting to these challenges.

This is why the Sani Bello Foundation has built an ICT centre with over 400 computers, a Live conferencing center, 350KVA generator and solar powered electricity back up.