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Jonathan Donates N200 million To Yobe State University

President Jonathan has commissioned the Yobe State University and donated N200 million for equipping the library named after him, with state-of-the-art facilities. He praised the … Continue reading Jonathan Donates N200 million To Yobe State University


President Jonathan has commissioned the Yobe State University and donated N200 million for equipping the library named after him, with state-of-the-art facilities.

He praised the state government for the priority attention given to the institution since inception saying it will go a long way in improving the standard and quality of education in the state and by extension the country as a whole.

President Jonathan further stated that the federal government had assisted a lot towards the development of the school through the Education Trust Fund (ETF) intervention which has contributed in the building of the library, lecture halls, departmental expansions.

The President was also at the Desert Research Monitoring and Control Centre of the institution established to conduct research and proffer solutions to the encroaching desert in the state and by extension the northern part of the country as a whole.

Experts from Egypt and India have been drafted to the centre with a view to setting it up to serve the purpose for which it was established.

He also commissioned the Damaturu Inner Ring Road constructed by the Ibrahim Gaidam administration to decongest traffic in Damaturu metropolis.