Author: The Nation

Education in Zamfara is one of the leading sectors attracting serious attention from Governor Dauda Lawal administration. For the 2026 fiscal year, the sector is prepared to receive over a hundred billion naira investments from the state government— in areas of infrastructure and capital projects, capacity building of teachers, furniture and instructional facilities acquisition, among others.

1. Allocation to Administrative Unit
2. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology — N47.39 billion
3. Senior Secondary Schools Management Board— N4.38 billion
4. Teachers Service Board — ₦3.72 billion
5. Scholarship Board — ₦3.19 billion
6. Arabic and Islamic Education Board — N1.60 billion
7. Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara — N1.13 billion
8. Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara — N1.07 billion
9. College of Education, Maru—N886 million
10. Zamfara College of Arts and Science (ZACAS), Gusau -N741 million
11. State Universal Basic Education Board —N631 million
12. Agency for mass education board —N310 million
13. Agency for nomadic education — N146 million
14. Quality assurance authority — N124 million
15. Library Board — N49 million
16. Rehabilitation and renovation projects
17. Remodelling of Bafarawa Institute, Shinkafi –N1.5 billion
18. Rehabilitation of GGSS Tsafe, Science Gusau, Science Bakura, Science Bukkuyum, Agwaragi T/Mafara, GSS B/Magaji, GDSS Yanbuki and GSS Kaura – N1 billion
19. Rehabilitation of all secondary school structures across the state – N500 million
20. ZSUBEB: Renovation of primary schools in Rugar Kaya Bela, Sankalawa, Gulubba, and Tofa – N400 million
21. ZSUBEB: Renovation of Smart Primary School, Gusau – N320 million
22. Renovation of 3 zonal nomadic primary schools – N150 million
23. Acquisition of furniture, equipment, and ICT
24. Purchase of school furniture for senior secondary schools across the state – N1 billion
25. ZSUBEB: Purchase of furniture for primary and junior secondary schools – N600 million
26. Procurement of vocational skills materials for 3 entrepreneur schools – N200 million
27. Procurement of equipment for Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara, to meet accreditation requirements – N150 million
28. Purchase of laboratory/workshop equipment for four institutions – N100 million
29. Supply of V-sat, projectors, cameras, photocopiers, printers, computers, etc to quarters, offices – N100 million
30. Purchase of 86 numbers of TAP A tablets – N30 million
31. Education management, quality assurance, and systems
32. IsDB SmartEd Supported Projects in areas of infrastructure, learning materials and access to quality education – N2 billion
33. Construction of office buildings for the Education Quality Assurance Agency – N200 million
34. Upgrading of Education Management Information System (EMIS) – N100 million
35. Purchase of 3 Nos photocopy machines and projectors – N20 million
36. Education infrastructure development
37. Construction of additional structures at Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara – ₦2 billion
38. ZSUBEB: Establishment of mega primary schools—one in each of the four educational zones in the state – ₦500 million
39. Construction of additional structures at COE, Maru – N400 million
40. Construction of additional structures at ZACAS – ₦300 million
41. Construction of 7km road at Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara – N200 million
42. Construction of labs/workshops for senior secondary schools – N200 million
43. Girl child, inclusive, and social support programmes
44. Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) – ₦150 million
45. Matching grant to Early Child Care Development (ECCD), a UNICEF-supported programme – ₦300 million

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1. State contribution to the AT RISK CHILDREN PROJECT (ARC-P) – starter packs – ₦300 million
2. Purchase of inclusive learning materials, eg hearing aids, projectors, screens, etc – N150 million
3. Learning materials and instructional resources
4. Supply of instructional materials to primary schools across the state –N1 billion
5. ZSUBEB and UNICEF (SILSA) project for student entrepreneurship – N1 billion
6. Purchase of Nos 7,113 subject textbooks for secondary schools in the state – N500 million
7. Procurement of basic education materials for 14 LGAs – N200 million
8. Procurement of equipment for science and technical – N200 million
9. Teacher capacity building, special interventions
10. Emergency Response Fund on Education – ₦20 billion
11. Teacher Professional Development Funds – ₦400 million
12. A 5-day training of 50 food nutrition teachers and 100 food vendors – N40 million
13. Purchase of 20 numbers of Boxer motorcycles for nomadic education – N30 million
14. Training of agriculture science teachers on school farms and gardens/orchards –N30 million
15. Health, nutrition, and welfare in schools
16. Reactivation of 15 existing schools’ gardens, creation of 15 new ones in four educational zones – ₦150 million
17. Purchase of kitchen utensils for senior and junior secondary schools – ₦150 million
18. State government contribution to Primary Pupils National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) – N100 million