The Federal Government has allocated N47.5 billion for the initial phase of upgrading 50 chosen senior secondary schools nationwide.
Dr. Iyela Ajayi, the Executive Secretary of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), revealed this information during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Government Science Secondary School (GSSC) Koton Karfe, Kogi State on Wednesday.
He said, “This is just the first phase, when this phase is completed then we can then report to the President Bola Tinubu and Minister of Education and say we have finished completion of this phase.
“This will allow them to come and complete this project and we will move unto the next phase.
“So those schools that are not going to benefit from the first phase, I want them to be patient because after the first phase we will come to them.
“The intervention for the first phase will cover about 47.5billiin for the 50 schools, Full Details’