KwanKwaso Spend N1 Billion on College in Niger Republic

Kano

Over N1 billion has been spent by the Kano
State government on Kano/Niger Republic
Bilingual College in Niamey, Governor
Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso has said. The
money, Kwankwaso said was expended in
building students' hostel, multipurpose hall, kitchen, staff quarters, clinic and wall
fencing of the college.

Speaking during a farewell ceremony for
the first batch of 101 secondary school
students to Niger Republic, he said the
money was the counterpart fund of the
state for the joint project. The state
government, according to a statement by the governor's media aide, Mallam Halilu
Dantiye, provided a bus, a pick up van, two
sets of uniforms for each of the pioneer 200
students and English teachers.

He added that the Nigerien authorities
provided land for the project, in addition to
running the school. The idea for the
establishment of the college, according to
Governor Kwankwaso, was to consolidate
bilateral relations between the state and the Niger Republic, expose Kano children to
French language as well as create
unlimited opportunities for them in French
and English speaking countries..................