Committee for the completion of projects set up by Gombe Gov
By Ben Ngwakwe, Gombe
Gombe State Governor, Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya has constituted Task Force Committee for the Completion, Take-off Of Mega Schools in the State.
The Task force on the completion and take-off of three (3) Maga Schools approved by the State Government are Government Secondary School, GSS Dukku, Government Comprehensive Day Secondary School, GCDSS Dadin-Kowa and Government Science Secondary School, GSSS Lakanje-Kaltungo respectively.
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According to the Secretary to the State Government, Professor Ibrahim Abubakar Njodi who conveyed the Governor’s approval said the membership of the Task force included the State Coordinating Team and the respective schools’ Sub-committees as members.
They are the State Coordinating Team, Hon. Maji Dauda Batari,
Hon. Commissioner for Education as Chairman, .Hon. Idris Abdullahi ,
Hon. Commissioner Housing & Urban Development -Member, Prof. Keftin Amuga,
Special Adviser, Projects Monitoring and Evaluation-Member
and Mrs. Naomi P. Maiguwa,
Chairperson Teachers’ Service Commission TSC -Member .
Others are Engr. Mohammed Tasiu Adamu,
Representative of Local Community Member, Shehu Ibrahim Yerima
Director General/ Coordinator North East Development Commission, NEDC, Gombe State , Member,
Representative of Ministry of Finance
Director General Debt Management- Kabiru Tsoho, Member, Representative of Ministry of works
Director, Civil Engineering
Aliyu Isa Shinga, Member and Alkali Abubakar, Senior Special Assistant, Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation- Secretary
For GSS Dukku Sub-Committee are Dr. Aishatu Maigari
Hon. Comm. Science, Technology and Innovation, Chairperson,
Bldr. Abdulmumini Umar,
DPRS, Ministry of Education- Member, Jamilu Ahmed Shabewa,
Chairman, Dukku LGA- Member, Engr. Abdullahi Suleman Kwami ,
Representative of Local Community- Member, Engr. Dan Napthali,
Senior Special Assistant, Project Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation -Member, Murtala Salisu
Director Works -Member and
Barr. Umaru Gurama PIM&E – Member.
Also,GCDSS Dadin Kowa Sub-Committee are Hon. Nasiru Muhammad Aliyu
Hon. Commissioner, Trade & Industry and Tourism- Chairman,
Alh. Sani Sabo, Member III SUBEB- Member,
Hon. Shuaibu Galadima,
Chairman Yamaltu Deba- Member,
d) Arc. Yakubu Mamman,
Director Building MoH- Member,
Hon Jani Adamu Bello
Deputy Chief of Staff – Member,
Arc. Aminu Muhammad Bolo
PIM&E – Member and
Umar Faruq Bello Pindiga
Rep. Local Community- Member.
For the GSSS Kaltungo (Lakanje) Sub Committee are
Hon. MijinYawa Yahaya,
Hon Comm. Water Resources – Chairman,
Hon. Babaji Babadidi, Chairman SUBEB- Member,
Hon. Faruq Aliyu Umar
Chairman Kaltungo LGA – Member, Hon. Abubakar Dantata
Rep. Local Community- Member,
Engr. Muhammad Kabir Dauda PIM&E –
Member, Mr. Jeron Jeremiah
Quantity Surveyor- Member and
Dr. Bertha Audu Danja
Rep. Local Community- Member.
The Committee’s terms of reference as disclo6by the SSG are as follows, to monitor all projects in the 3 Mega Schools and ensure timely delivery for a proper and smooth take off, to identify manpower gaps and the additional teaching and non-teaching staff for appropriate deployment to the schools, to make recommendations on the number of students to be admitted in each of the three schools, to make recommendations for the commencement of academic activities in the schools and to make any other recommendations that would facilitate the smooth take-off of the schools.
Meanwhile, the Task Force is required to submit interim reports as per the milestone achieved in the course of the assignment.
However, it shall submit its final report by the end of December, 2022.
It may be recalled that as part of his resolve to reposition the education in Gombe State, Governor Muhammadu Inuwa Yahaya had declared a state of emergency in the sector and also vowed to establish Maga Schools across the senatorial zones that will be cosmopolitan in nature with state-of-the- art facilities to make teaching and learning more conducive and effective with qualified and well trained teachers employed for optimal performance. This is in addition to other measures put in place by his administration to turn around the education sector by addressing the challenges of poor infrastructure, out-of-school children, while boosting enrolment across the state.
