FG's Road Intervention In FCE Eases Access To Seven Schools - Provost

Provost of the Federal College of Education, Katsina, Dr Aliyu Idris Funtua has stated that the construction and rehabiliitation of the 1.22km internal road in the Federal College of Education Katsina by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has provided easy access to seven schools within the college.

Dr Funtua listed the schools touches by the road within the College as; schools of education, languages, Adult & nor formal education, sciences, primary education & early childhood care, computer science department, and Art and Social sciences school.

Other areas where the road passes are, Library and Girls Hostel.

The Provost made this remarks during the handing over of the 1.22km internal road project completed by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing.

"I remain grateful for this gesture, a commendable intervention. The road is the best road in the school that touches seven schools and has provided ease of access within the college" he said

Dr Funtua who commmended the Federal Government and the Honourable Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, also solicited that the minister to extend another 10km road in the school in the near future.

The minister was represented at the handing over ceremony by the Katsina state Federal Controller of Works Engr Tunde Balogun.

The Minister said that,  " it is undebatable that the quality of education will be impacted by the quality of infrastructure and the leaning environment and those who doubt it should simply listen to some of the feedback from the students of the schools where this type of intervention has taken place."

Accordingly, Fashola also disclosed that, out of the forty three of such road intervention in tertiary institutions by his ministry across the country, seven have been completed of which the one in the Federal College of Education Katsina was among

Resentatives of the students in the college who spoke include; Zaharadeen Sani, Aliyu Sa'du and Zulaihat Abdulrahim.

According to the  students, "the poject was timely, beneficial and has eases access to seven schools for our lectures and easy access to Library and Female Hostels"

Zaharadeen said ' this is a remarkable achievement since the inception of this administration and we appreciate the minister for this intervention"

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