In accordance with President Goodluck Jonathan's transformational agenda,Minister for Information Mr Labaran Maku has announced that the ongoing rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt to Maiduguri rail line would be completed by the end of 2014.
In addition he stated that this administration was on a mission to revive the Agricultural Sector by shifting from subsistence to commercial production.
The minister spoke of the federal government's intervention efforts in the North-East zone.“Farmers in the zone have been supported to produce cotton, sorghum,
tomato and other vegetables due to their rich agricultural heritage”,
he said.
In the area of education, the minister said government had established 10
universities in the North in the past four years - five in North-west,
three in North-east and two in North-central.
“We have also constructed 125 Almajiri schools in the north, mostly in
the north eastern states, furnished and handed over to the states to
ensure that we take our children away from the streets. The idea is that
in addition to Qura’anic education, which is important, they would also
learn modern education for the growth and development of the nation.
“The President has also ordered the production of text books for supply
to all public primary schools in the country. The books, which have
been handed over to the various state governments, would be distributed
free of charge to all pupils from primary one up to J SS3”, Maku said.
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