Nigeria’s Federal College of Education, Bichi, Allocates N1Billion For Perimeter Fence, N120Million For Hostel, Clinic Rehabilitation In 2025

A reappraisal of the approved 2025 fund by SaharaReporters shows that the Federal College of Education, Bichi, Kano, has allocated N1 cardinal for the operation of perimeter fencing.

In contrast, lone N70 cardinal has been earmarked for renovating pupil hostels, portion N90 cardinal is acceptable speech for schoolroom and bureau renovations. The rehabilitation of the assemblage session is expected to outgo N50 million, and N60 cardinal is allocated for the acquisition of computers for assorted units wrong the school.

Budget documents besides uncover that the assemblage plans to walk N5 cardinal connected gathering infrastructure and facilities.

The allocations person raised concerns astir the prudent usage of nationalist funds.

The Federal College of Education, Bichi, has agelong faced concerns implicit the authorities of its infrastructure.

In 2023, the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), Federal College of Education (FCE) Bichi Chapter, raised alarms astir the mediocre information of world facilities.

Despite receiving allocations and funds from TETfund, laboratories, workshops, and studios were reportedly operating beneath modular owed to inadequate instrumentality and consumables.

Staff payment has besides been a large issue. The national highlighted unpaid unit allowances, the mismanagement of NHIS funds, and the nonaccomplishment to remit pension contributions, Federal Mortgage Bank dues, national check-off dues, and unit cooperative deductions—some of which had been outstanding for respective months.

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