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Yobe State’s Education Sector Gets a Boost with ASSEP
Yobe State’s Education Sector Gets a Boost with ASSEP
By: Our Reporter
Stakeholders in Yobe State’s education sector have praised the Accelerated Senior Secondary Education Programme (ASSEP) for its transformative impact on the state’s education system.
The commendation came during a recent engagement session between the Project Implementation Team and stakeholders at the Sand Dunes Hotel in Damaturu.
Yobe State teachers have shown promising results in the ASSEP teacher training program, with encouragement to further participation.
Teachers Benard Antso and Ladi Disa praised ASSEP for revolutionizing education, enhancing productivity, and understanding.
Antso described ASSEP as a “good initiative by the Federal Government” that will transform schools, teachers, and students.
Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Professor Abba Idris Adam, praised the Federal Government for initiating ASSEP, assuring that Yobe State will maximize ASSEP’s potential to improve education outcomes.
Professor Adam said ASSEP components align with the Yobe state vision of educational transformation and charges the teachers to seize the opportunity to personally develop themselves and shore up their experience and career growth.
Hajiya Sa’adatu Ahmed Shehu, Chairperson of the Project Implementation Team, commended the Yobe State Government’s commitment to education, saying the state government’s payment of WAEC, NECO, and NABTEB examination fees demonstrates its support for ASSEP’s goals.
In a remark, Dr. Mariam Masha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Regional Developments Programmes, highlighted ASSEP’s focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Agriculture (STEMA).
“This will drive future development and human empowerment in Nigeria’s North East,” she said.
Masha explained that the North East Development Commission (NEDC) supports ASSEP’s success and sustainability.
The engagement session brought together key stakeholders, including the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Professor Abba Idris Adam, Permanent Secretary, Bukar Aji Bukar.
Others are representatives of All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Public Schools (ANCOPPS), Nigerian Union of Teachers, representative of Emir of Damaturu, delegation from the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC) who ASSEP partners and other education sector stakeholders.
Meanwhile the Project Implementation Team conducted site visits to Government Girls Unity College, Government Secondary School, Business and Engineering Skills Training Centre, Yobe State Information Technology Development Agency (housing the Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics) among others.
The Accelerated Senior Secondary Education Programme (ASSEP) is poised to transform Yobe State’s education sector.
With government support, stakeholder engagement, and a focus on market-relevant knowledge, ASSEP is set to improve education outcomes and empower future generations.
The PIT team also paid courtesy calls on the Secretary to the State Government, Baba Mallam Wali and the Emir of Damaturu, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Shehu Hashimi II Ibn Umar Al-Amin El-Kanemi.
Yobe State’s Education Sector Gets a Boost with ASSEP
Police officer dies, 17 injured in auto crash along Potiskum–Bauchi road
By: Zagazola Makama
A senior police officer has died while 17 other passengers sustained injuries following a road accident along the Potiskum–Bauchi highway in Yobe State.
Sources said the crash occurred at about 3:15 p.m. on Feb. 21 near the bye-pass roundabout area of PKM on the outskirts of Potiskum.
The vehicle, a Toyota Hummer Bus belonging to Borno Express and conveying 18 passengers from Kaduna to Maiduguri, reportedly lost control after the rear tyre rim on the passenger side suddenly detached.
According to the sources , the driver veered off the road into a bush, resulting in fatal and multiple injuries.
One of the passengers, ACP Abubakar Ibrahim Balteh, 45, attached to the Borno State Police Command, sustained a severe head injury and died on the spot.
Two male and two female passengers escaped unhurt, while 13 others suffered serious injuries of varying degrees.
The injured victims and the deceased were evacuated to the General Hospital Potiskum for treatment and autopsy.
Police officer dies, 17 injured in auto crash along Potiskum–Bauchi road
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA humiliate Lakurawa terrorists
By: Zagazola Makama
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA have neutralised several of suspected Lakurawa terrorist elements following a failed attack on Dadinkowa community in Kebbi State.
Local intelligence sources said the armed group attempted to raid a local market in the early hours of Sunday and blocked a major access road into the community to facilitate the operation.
The sources disclosed that security forces responded swiftly after receiving distress alerts and engaged the attackers in a fierce gun battle, forcing them to retreat.
According to the sources, several of the assailants were neutralised during the encounter, while others escaped with suspected gunshot wounds.
The attempted market raid was successfully foiled, preventing potential civilian casualties and destruction of property.
Troops have since intensified patrols and clearance operations around Dadinkowa and adjoining areas to track fleeing elements and stabilise the security environment.
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA humiliate Lakurawa terrorists
One killed as suspected IPOB/ESN militants attack Ogbakoba Market in Anambra
By: Zagazola Makama
A 15-year-old boy was killed while security operatives repelled an attack by suspected members of the proscribed IPOB/ESN militia at Ogbakoba Market Arena in Anambra State.
Sources said the incident occurred on Feb. 21 at about 1:40 p.m., when a group of armed hoodlums emerged from a dense forest camp at Amiyi and opened sporadic fire at market-goers, apparently attempting to kidnap or rob residents.
A joint task force patrol team stationed at Amiyi responded swiftly, engaging the attackers in a fierce gun duel that forced them to retreat into the forest with bullet wounds. The injured boy was rushed to the village hospital but was confirmed dead on arrival. His body was deposited in the morgue for autopsy and preservation.
The sources added that later the same day at about 8:30 p.m., the armed group resurfaced near the community, snatching a shuttle bus with registration number HAL 987 XA and a GSM phone belonging to one Mr. Kinsley Iwunze of Okpotuno Odekpe, Ogbaru LGA.
Security operatives immediately dispatched teams to the scene, but the hoodlums had fled. Authorities said an aggressive manhunt was ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspects.
One killed as suspected IPOB/ESN militants attack Ogbakoba Market in Anambra
Police officer dies, 17 injured in auto crash along Potiskum–Bauchi road
Troops of Operation FANSAN YANMA humiliate Lakurawa terrorists
One killed as suspected IPOB/ESN militants attack Ogbakoba Market in Anambra
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