
Ortom To Spend β¦5.6bn On Basic Education
The Benue State Government yesterday disclosed that it had concluded plan to invest over N5.6 billion in its basic education.
The state governor, Dr Samuel Ortom said this yesterday at a meeting with staff and management of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Makurdi, the Benue capital.
He explained that N609 million from the 2018 Universal Basic Education Board, UBEC intervention woukd be matched with same amount by SUBEB to access N1.218 billion for use by SUBEB.
He said the state government had also accessed additional N2.2 billion from a bank to pay as counterpart to access same …