Group honors Kogi Education Commissioner, lauds Educational sector renaissance in the state
A group identified as the National Youth for Women Empowerment and Education in Nigeria(NYWEEN) has conferred an award of excellence as Icon of Education Development on the Kogi state Commissioner for Education, Hon. Wemi Jones, FCIB while they lauded the vibrancy and remarkable successes witnessed in the education sector in Kogi state.
This happened during the just concluded 3rd Edition of Mrs Ladi Kwali Colloquium Themed “Women and Drug Abuse in Nigeria; Education and Empowerment as a panacea to the social menace” which held in Abuja.
While receiving that award, The Honorable Commissioner thanked the association while he also dedicated the award to Gov. Usman Ahmed Ododo whom he noted has shown grater commitments to the cause of education by consolidating on the already existing template of the immediate past governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.
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He noted that Kogi state have shown it resolve to prioritise education at all levels as reflected in government’s policies and huge investment in the sector through massive infrastructure and other programmes as it concerns education in Kogi state.
The commissioner who thanked the group for such recognition noted that such would spur his personal resolution to work harder under the leadership of the state governor and re commit to ensuring that his government fulfil its mandate.
In his own remarks, the convener, National Youth for Women Empowerment and Education in Nigeria(NYWEEN)
Amb.Ibrahim Ibrahim noted that the Kogi State education commissioner has worked tirelessly to position the education sector of the state on the right track, hence he was truly deserving of such recognition.
He assured that as part of its objective NYWEEN would continue to ensure robust partnership with government and its stakeholders in a bid to ensure that the goal of the organisation was achieved maximally.
