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  • Benue SUBEB to audit staff

    Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Executive Chairman Rev. Philip Tachin, has inaugurated the state Committee on National Personnel Audit of Public and Private Primary and Junior Secondary Schools.

    Speaking during the inauguration at the SUBEB’s headquarters in Makurdi, the state capital, Tachin charged the committee to identify challenges of inadequate education data for effective implementation of programmes in the Basic Education sub-sector.

    “It is the desire of the Federal Government to carry out the Personnel Audit in all the 36 states, including Benue,’’ he said, adding that the aim is to obtain comprehensive and reliable data on children; to obtain the number and qualification of teaching and non-teaching staff, to determine key performance indicators and to generate data for effective National and Global reportage in the Basic Education Sub-sector.

    Members of the committee, include the state Director, National Population Commission, Mr Amee Tser; state Chairman, Parent-Teacher Association, Mr Benjamin Dugeri; representative of Quality Evaluator, Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs. Janet Angwe; Tyoor Mbatsen of Konshisha Local Government, and Zaki Nder Kuhwa. They appreciated the SUBEB’s management for finding them worthy to serve, promising to put in their best for the good of the Benue child.

     

  • Benue SUBEB seeks balanced reportage

    Benue State Universal Basic Education Board has called on the media to always verify information to ensure balance in their reportage.

    The Board is also seeking truthful report devoid of any form of malice intended to deliberately tarnish the reputation of a personality or organisation

    Its Chairman, Dr. Philip Tachin, stated this at a meeting of Benue SUBEB management and the Civil Society Groups for Good Governance (CSGGG), led by its President Comrade Dominic Ogakwu, who visited the board headquarters for an assessment and evaluation of alleged seven billion contract scam in the Board.

    Tachin said he was above board because Benue SUBEB follows due process and the Public Procurement Act before awarding contracts. He said the board advertised for bids in two national dailies and one indigenous newspaper.

    He said a national newspaper reported alleged misappropriation by the board in September, last year, adding that that report triggered some misconceptions about the Board in the public domain.

    He said the medium had to retract the statement, following threat of litigation by the board.

    Denying a report that the Board awarded contracts to politicians, Tachin said the arrest by police of two cashiers of the board as earlier reported, had no link with award of contracts.

    The executive chairman also referred to the second segment of the story where it was reported that “two officials were held”. He explained that the arrest of the two cashiers had no connection with the issue of award of contracts.

    He said: “The Police headquarters in Abuja requested bank statements and other account documents from the board from 2011 to 2015, which was the period of the past administration. We promptly directed the cashiers to provide the documents for submission but their delay in complying to directive resulted in their arrest.”

    Tachin hailed CSGGG, saying he was particularly happy their officials came to Benue to seek clarifications before reporting.

    In his response, Ogakwu and Secretary of CSGGG Nelson Ossaieze, said members are okay  .

  • Ayade approves N1.04b for SUBEB

    Ayade approves N1.04b for SUBEB

    Cross River State Governor Ben Ayade has approved  N1.04billion as counterpart fund to enable the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) access the 2016 Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) matching grant.

    Speaking with reporters in Calabar, the Executive Chairman of SUBEB, Dr Stephen Odey, said this  would provide more funds for SUBEB to embark on its projects across the state.

    He noted that the Board was determined to ensure qualitative, uninterrupted and competitive basic education in the state.

    Odey said the Board had released 237 award letters for the 2012-2015 Universal Basic Education (UBE) intervention projects.

    He said: “With the release of these 237 letters, there will be massive infrastructural development in our basic education sector, the first of its kind in Cross River State.”

    In addition to the letters, Odey said the Board had released an award letter for the Canadian International Model School to be cited in Obudu Local Government Area.

    Odey said the award letters were released after undergoing due process, with approvals received from UBEC and Ayade based on an action plan earlier submitted and approved.

    He promised that the projects would commence after proper documentation, signing of agreement and a 15 per cent mobilisation to contractors. He assured that the projects would be carried out to specification.

    Odey also said the Board procured 85,000 textbooks of various subjects; 778 magnetic boards and ghost dusters to phase out the old chalk and black boards method; 51,000 plastic tables and chairs; 682 customised pieces of state-of-the-art table tennis, bats and balls (outdoor) sporting equipment purchased overseas to encourage sporting activities in schools, and the purchase of four brand new hilux vehicles, a jeep; as well as video and still cameras to aid monitoring and supervision of projects.

    He assured that the Board would continue to make its activities transparent.

    Also, no fewer than 235 primary schools in the state have been earmarked for rehabilitation at N3.6billion.

    The rehabilitation will be carried out by UBEC and the state government.

    Sokoto State Universal Education Board(SUBEB) Executive Secretary, Alhaji Faruk Shehu, made known at a briefing in Sokoto.

    He said: “Of the amount, N 1.6 billion was jointly contributed by the commission and the state government on a 50 per cent basis each.

    “This N1.6 billion was for the UBEC and the state government joint venture 2015 intervention projects.

    “Some of the projects had been completed, while others are at various stages of completion.’’

    Shehu further explained that the remaining N2 billion is for the joint venture projects for last year.

    He said the government had since released its N1 billion counterpart fund, while that of the commission was being awaited

    He said the government was constructing a block of three classrooms each in 21 primary schools across  for between N 10.3million and N 10.4 million each.

    “Some of them had been competed, while others are at various stages of completion, she said.

    He continued: “The state government is also rehabilitating three primary schools, one in each of the three senatorial zones under what it termed Whole school approach.

    “In this direction, N105 million was earmarked for the primary schools in Tambuwal, Gada and Sokoto north local governments.’

    ‘’Similarly, the government has earmarked N 100 million for the take off of the pilot home grown school feeding programme in primary schools across the state.

    ‘’The pupils of the selected schools will be given breakfast on school days and the gesture is aimed at shoring up enrolment, retention and completion.’’

  • Kwara councils, SUBEB get N1b for Dec pay

    The 16 local governments of Kwara State and State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB) have received N1.1 billion to pay December salary.

    Commissioner for Finance  Demola Banu said SUBEB got N900 million; N73.6 million was released for arrears of local government pensioners.

    He added that the councils will share N200 million for December.

    This figure includes 10 per cent Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for the month, representing N41.4 million

    Banun spoke in Ilorin, the state capital, after the State Joint Accounts Allocation Committee (JAAC) meeting.

    He said after deductions for previous loan repayment, net statutory allocation for the councils stood at N1.1 billion

    The commissioner said the councils’ allocation would be augmented with N400 million, the balance of the N1 billion released to them as their share of the N5 billion London and Paris clubs’ refund.

  • Cross River SUBEB chair denies report on contracts

    Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Chairman Dr Stephen Odey has described as untrue reports about purported anger in the state over contracts at the Board.

    Odey said the information were not only baseless, and malicious but were  also misleading.

    A statement signed by the board’s Information Officer Uchino Amatey, stressed that Odey’s administration was determined to ensure infrastructural development in schools in the state.

    The statement reads: “Cross River SUBEB is saddled with the mandate to improve basic education in the state. It is worthy of note that following Governor Ben Ayade’s release of the state’s counterpart fund of N3.8billion to enable SUBEB access its matching grant from 2012-2015, Cross River SUBEB immediately swung into action, and got approval to conduct selective tendering for supplies/professional services under the 2012-2015 Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) matching grant.

    “To ensure transparency, SUBEB executive chairman decided to have the selective bid tendering published in the Cross River State Tenders’ Journal of Wednesday, August 31 through to Tuesday, September 13, 2016.

    “The opening of technical and financial bids for the selective tendering was also carried out on September 13, 2016 at SUBEB conference room, with a representative of the Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau and other contractors in attendance, as provided by Law.’’

    It said thereafter the SUBEB placed adverts in the media for pre-qualification of contractors.

    “The bids opening for this set of jobs was done on Tuesday, October 18 through to Wednesday with representatives of Due Process and Price Intelligence Bureau, Department of Project Monitoring and Evaluation,UBEC, members of the Budget Transparency and Accountability Network (a Non-Governmental Organisation), and contractors in attendance. The opening of bids was declared open by the chairman and was also covered by the media, it added.

    The statement said the doors of SUBEB were open for anyone seeking information about the activities of the Board, adding that the Odey administration would remain transparent, focused and committed to improving the standard of basic education in the state in line with global best practice.

     

  • Lagos SUBEB chair wins award

    Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB) Chairman, Mr Ganiyu Sopeyin has promised to sustain the performance that won him the “Best Performing Chairman in the Southwest” award presented by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).

    The award was presented during the Inter-SUBEB Schools Debate Championship and National Final & Awards  in Minna, Niger State.  The Lagos team came third.

    Sopeyin said the award was possible because of the commitment of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode administration to take basic education in the state to an enviable height as promised during the elections.

    “The quality of education in the state is improving with the provision of education facilities, teachers’ welfare and training, construction and rehabilitation of schools and employment of teaching staff as approved by the state government,” he said.

    Sopeyin promised that the government would continue to strengthen the cooperation between the state and other stakeholders in the education sector.

    Chairmen, SUBEBs of Kastina, Cross-Rivers, Taraba,  Anambra and Niger states, also won awards, while Team Imo and Anambra came first and second in the debate championship respectively.

  • SUBEB commences perimeter fencing of schools

    SUBEB commences perimeter fencing of schools

    The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) yesterday said it had commenced the perimeter fencing of public primary schools in the state, to beef-up their security.

    Mr Seye Adelusi, Public Relations Officer of the board, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the fencing was part of the strategy of the board to tackle insecurity in the schools.

    He said work had begun in most of such schools either in the outskirts of towns, villages and the riverine areas of the state and would be extended to all nooks and crannies.

    The Public Relations Officer said the board was also working to ensure that all schools in the state would be manned by security guards, both day and night.

    “We have begun the construction of perimeter fencing in some of our schools in the rural areas, to beef-up their security.

    “The board is working on recruiting security guards in all our schools, as well as increasing the personnel in schools, where they are short-staffed,’’ he said.

    Adelusi also told NAN that the board was strategising to recruit security guards in schools where none existed, as well as increasing the number, where needed.

    He said the board was also collaborating with the Nigerian Police, to ensure adequate security in and around the schools.

    Adelusi said some officials have been assigned to carryout daily monitoring of the schools.

    “The board is also planning to recruit security guards in public schools where they are lacking, to protect the children in such schools.

    “We are also collaborating with other security agencies like the Nigeria Police, Neighborhood Watch and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), to boost security in the  schools,’’ he said.

    NAN reports that some of the schools under construction include the African Church Primary Schools I and II, Ile-Iwe, Meiran, and Community Primary School, Agbado-Okeodo.

  • Cross River SUBEB to spend N7.5b

    The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), will spend N7.5billion on schools for various infrastructural projects. The cash will be spent in the 18 local governments.

    Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) is responsible for education at the primary and junior secondary school levels.

    The money would cover UBEC projects from 2012 to 2015, Chairman of the board, Dr Stephen Odey, told newsmen in Calabar.

    Odey said the state could not access UBEC grant since 2012. However, with the state Governor Ben Ayade providing N3.8 billion counterpart funding, Rivers State is now good to go.

    He said having met up with its counterpart, SUBEB now has N7.5 billion available and as such has invited reputable contractors with good track record of performance and experience to tender for the jobs.

    Odey said over 200 projects, ranging from construction of new school blocks to rehabilitation of existing ones as well as provision of school facilities, would commence immediately procurement is completed.

    He said: “We met a situation where Cross River was unable to access the matching grant for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. It was a pathetic situation, because we were not able to pay our own counterpart to that effect. But the governor quickly approved the sum of N3.8 billion to enable us access our marching grant, which had been moribund with UBEC.

    “Based on fund released to us, we have commenced procurement. We have published more than 200 jobs to intervene in our basic education sector.

    “We are going to be very prudent and transparent in our operation. We have emphasised due process in all aspect. We are only going to award jobs to contractors that are competent and have the capacity to deliver.

    “We have advertised the jobs for the 2012 to 2015. All contractors that have record of abandoned projects, and those with projects that have dragged over a long period without any reasonable excuse need not apply for this one because we will go after them to make sure the right thing is done.

    “We have the complete money for the projects. Nobody can access the money because they are all tied to projects. We have the action plan for all the years mentioned.”

  • Cross River SUBEB to spend N7.5b

    The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), will spend N7.5billion on schools for various infrastructural projects. The cash will be spent in the 18 local governments.

    Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) is responsible for education at the primary and junior secondary school levels.

    The money would cover UBEC projects from 2012 to 2015, Chairman of the board, Dr Stephen Odey, told newsmen in Calabar.

    Odey said the state could not access UBEC grant since 2012. However, with the state Governor Ben Ayade providing N3.8 billion counterpart funding, Rivers State is now good to go.

    He said having met up with its counterpart, SUBEB now has N7.5 billion available and as such has invited reputable contractors with good track record of performance and experience to tender for the jobs.

    Odey said over 200 projects, ranging from construction of new school blocks to rehabilitation of existing ones as well as provision of school facilities, would commence immediately procurement is completed.

    He said: “We met a situation where Cross River was unable to access the matching grant for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. It was a pathetic situation, because we were not able to pay our own counterpart to that effect. But the governor quickly approved the sum of N3.8 billion to enable us access our marching grant, which had been moribund with UBEC.

    “Based on fund released to us, we have commenced procurement. We have published more than 200 jobs to intervene in our basic education sector.

    “We are going to be very prudent and transparent in our operation. We have emphasised due process in all aspect. We are only going to award jobs to contractors that are competent and have the capacity to deliver.

    “We have advertised the jobs for the 2012 to 2015. All contractors that have record of abandoned projects, and those with projects that have dragged over a long period without any reasonable excuse need not apply for this one because we will go after them to make sure the right thing is done.

    “We have the complete money for the projects. Nobody can access the money because they are all tied to projects. We have the action plan for all the years mentioned.”

  • Cross River SUBEB to spend N7.5b

    The Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), will spend N7.5billion on schools for various infrastructural projects. The cash will be spent in the 18 local governments.

    Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) is responsible for education at the primary and junior secondary school levels.

    The money would cover UBEC projects from 2012 to 2015, Chairman of the board, Dr Stephen Odey, told newsmen in Calabar.

    Odey said the state could not access UBEC grant since 2012. However, with the state Governor Ben Ayade providing N3.8 billion counterpart funding, Rivers State is now good to go.

    He said having met up with its counterpart, SUBEB now has N7.5 billion available and as such has invited reputable contractors with good track record of performance and experience to tender for the jobs.

    Odey said over 200 projects, ranging from construction of new school blocks to rehabilitation of existing ones as well as provision of school facilities, would commence immediately procurement is completed.

    He said: “We met a situation where Cross River was unable to access the matching grant for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. It was a pathetic situation, because we were not able to pay our own counterpart to that effect. But the governor quickly approved the sum of N3.8 billion to enable us access our marching grant, which had been moribund with UBEC.

    “Based on fund released to us, we have commenced procurement. We have published more than 200 jobs to intervene in our basic education sector.

    “We are going to be very prudent and transparent in our operation. We have emphasised due process in all aspect. We are only going to award jobs to contractors that are competent and have the capacity to deliver.

    “We have advertised the jobs for the 2012 to 2015. All contractors that have record of abandoned projects, and those with projects that have dragged over a long period without any reasonable excuse need not apply for this one because we will go after them to make sure the right thing is done.

    “We have the complete money for the projects. Nobody can access the money because they are all tied to projects. We have the action plan for all the years mentioned.”