Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto state
Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto state has announced a maintenance allowance of N200,000 per month for secondary schools in Sokoto state.
Aliyu approved the amount as monthly maintenance stipend to be paid to principals in secondary schools in the 23 Local Government Areas in the state.
Aliyu who disclosed this during the Sokoto State 2025 Citizens Budget Discussion last Monday said the gesture is to ensure the delivery of quality education to the citizens of the state in a conducive environment.
A former deputy governor, Chiso Abdullahi had at the forum appealed to Governor Allyu to approve a certain amount to assist school principals in repairing some little damages in schools.
Abdullahi told the governor that this would enable the principals to fix the damages without having to wait for long for approval from the government.
He explained that approved money will enable the schools to have their carpenters, and bricklayers, among others to make amendments whenever the need arises.
Governor Aliyu’s Chief Press Secretary, Abubakar Bawa, said the governor has approved January 2025 as the commencement date for the release of the fund.
“Let me inform this gathering that the governor in his usual manner asked me to inform the general public that in line with the appeal made by the former deputy, he has agreed to give each school principal a sum of two hundred thousand naira each, monthly.
