Gov Ikpeazu To Construct 136 School Building Projects In Abia

The Abia State Government has embarked on the construction 136 classroom blocks across the state as a way of improving the state’s standard of education.

Flagging off construction of the schools, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu announced that four of the schools would be model schools, spread across the state, each comprising of 10 classroom blocks, library, laboratory, teachers’ quarters, sick bay, solar-powered water boreholes, perimeter fence and headmaster quarters.

According to a release by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Enyinnaya Appolos, in addition to the model schools, 132 new school construction projects will be undertaken with over 80 schools renovated alongside ten thousand school furniture to be provided.

The massive educational infrastructure improvement projects are expected to be executed through the Abia State Universal Basic Education Board (ASUBEB) and are expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2018.

Governor Ikpeazu performed the Ground-Breaking ceremony of the projects at St. Silas Primary School Old Umuahia, Umuahia South LGA on Monday 28 August 2017.

The Governor charged the management of ASUBEB, under the chairmanship of Mr. Kenechukwu Nwosu, to ensure that every detail of the project is adhered to, stressing that Government will not tolerate any substandard job, as a special monitoring unit has been put in place to monitor the projects across the state.