The Benue Government has announced plans to remodel all public primary schools into storey buildings. Solomon Iorpev, Technical Adviser to Governor Hyacinth Alia on Media, Publicity, and Strategic Communication, made the disclosure on Thursday in Makurdi. Iorpev, while interacting with members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benue Council said the remodeling would make the schools attractive and conducive for learners.
“The governor has promised that at every government-owned primary institution, he is going to make sure that there is a storey building as the main building.
“You know structures also attract people to places of education. So it will be attractive, besides being conducive for studies.
“The government is in the process of employing over 9000 qualified primary teachers to increase teaching staff strength.
“Going forward, the government would introduce modern teaching equipment,” he added.
Iorpev further said that teachers and other staff now receive their wages as and when due. The adviser further said that Gov. Hyacinth Alia approved the ₦75,000 minimum wage for workers to boost morale.
In the health sector, he said the government was building a cancer centre at the Benue State University Teaching Hospital in Makurdi for the treatment of the disease. According to him, more than 400 new workers are employed at the teaching hospital to boost service delivery. Iorpev said that the government was also working to revive all general hospitals in the state.