Murjanatu Mohammed Abba
9 November 2008
Kaduna — The Kaduna state Governor, Architect Mohammed Namadi has disclosed that all primary schools in the state would henceforth be built with burnt bricks to eliminate the cost of renovations thus limiting the waste of resources in the state.
The decision which he said was taken as an alternative to reduce wasting of resources as millions of naira are always used to renovate these old schools .He said that the state has recently earmarked N4.5 billion just for the rehabilitation of the dilapidated primary and secondary schools. He described such amount for the rehabilitation of these schools as very high that could be use to address other important issues.
The governor disclosed the decision during a courtesy call paid on him at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House by the National President members of the executive council of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity surveyors over the weekend
According to the governor, the bricks building would no doubt eliminate the need for repairs such as painting emphasizing that it has advantage over the cement blocks type and that it maintains it beautiful and attractive shape and colour even as it gets older than the latter.
He added that consultant will assist in making the dream a reality assuring that the bricks building is a sure way of managing the states' resources for other important things."The brick building is more beautiful and does not require many resources for renovation thereby improving the socio-economic standard of the people of the state."
Sambo called on experts in the state especially Architects and quantity surveyors to contribute their quota towards the actualization of developmental projects in the new Kaduna city.
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