It is not a breaking news that our education system is in dire need of marshal policy and magic wand, that is why the YBSG initiated the global practice of raising funds in order to compliment the government effort.
Today history has been made, and every proponent of Quality Education will be impressed with the level of commitment recorded, despite the fact some donation are symbolic but we all believe we are in the right track to gives children an opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge to improve their lives in order to build a promising future for themselves and their families.
While jubilating and praising the policy, remember it comes with enormous challenges and tremendous opportunities which citizens has to play a participatory role for proper utilization of the funds raise.
If there is any time to hold government accountable, this is the rightful time, a certain percentage of the money raise is your hard earned, you donated it for the firm belief that a better tomorrow for your children is possible.
Now the data and information is available, used such opportunity to hold your government accountable, leverage on FOI Act to inquire about government spending in the education sector because without transparency and accountability, the history made today will be recorded and Karl Marx once said “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.”
As for the Executive Governor of Yobe State, thank you for leveraging on your network, a cause which you have done it for the betterment of Yobe, and the ball is now rolling on the corridor of the government and the State’s Education Trust Fund (YETFUND) who are tasked with the mandate to manage the funds, we expect a magic wand for the revitalization of the dying education sector.
– Zanna Samaila
