Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari has inaugurated the disbursement of over N4.906 billion grant to about 188 Secondary Schools across the 34 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.
In his remarks at the event yesterday at Abukur, Rimi LGA, the Governor said each of the schools would receive N26.1 million grant to support vulnerable students.
He said that the grant, which was gotten through the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) project was part of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme.
Masari said: “From the inception of this administration in 2015, education has been receiving top priority by the state government.
“This was due to the fact that the future of the state in particular, and that of the nation in general are determined by the level of education of the citizens.
