2017 BUDGET: GOV.SHETTIM JUSTIFIES LION SHARE ALLOCATION TO EDUCATIONAL SECTOR.

Governor Kashim Shettima on Wednesday justified his allocation of lion share of the states' 2017 budget to the education sector, saying the amount was needed for the reconstruction of the schools destroyed by the insurgents.
Out of the N183.3 billion budgetary estimate for the incoming year, Education was allocated 33billion.
Explaining the rationale for the allocation , Shettima said the sector was worst hit by attacks of the Boko Haram and that his administration was taking steps to revamp education in the state.