The Kano State Executive Council has approved the release of over N4 billion for execution of various projects in the state.
This was disclosed by the state Commissioner of Information, Baba Halilu Dantiye while briefing the press on the outcome of the 5th meeting of the state executive council meeting.
He said out of the N4,882,378,071 approved for the execution of various projects in the state, N69,039,407 was approved to the Ministry of Health for the procurement of HIV rapid test kits to the Kano State Agency for the Control of Aids, while N15, 274,640 was approved to the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change for the conduct of annual Mosquito vector and rodents control in the state.
The commissioner also revealed that the council has approved N3,577,288,540 to the Ministry of Higher Education for the sponsorship of 550; qualified state indigenes for postgraduate studies abroad, while N544,321,168 was approved to the Ministry of Education for the payment of outstanding funds in respect of boarding schools students’ feeding.
He explained that the state government had also approved the release of N79,284,537, to facilitate the renovation of 11 closed boarding schools in the state, while N131,500,000 has been approved for the conduct of the 2023 internal Examinations.
Dantiye further revealed that N1, 693,000 was approved to the office of Head of Civil Service for payment of bereaved family allowances in respect of 34 additional deceased civic servants in the state between January, 2023 to July, 2023, among other projects.
