Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State reaffirmed his administration’s desire to give Assakio Technical School a facelift through renovation as awell as fully equipping the school.
The stated this while on an assessment tour, saying that he was committed to promoting science and technical education in the state.
Sule described, GTS Assakio with other famous technical schools in the likes OFV Government Technical School Bukuru, Government Technical School Makurdi and Government Technical School Kano, which have produced the best technicians and engineers in the country.
Sule who didn’t hide his lamentation with the dilapidated nature and decay in the school, added that his administration will not hesitate reawaken the school from comatose stage and make it workable again thereby making the institution conducive enough for learning.
“This administration is about to equip the Lafia Technical Institute, therefore it is also not out of place if we can extend such to GTS Assakio, so that government can equip the two institutions at the same time.
“The essence of my rushing here is to see things for myself. Now that we are going to equip Lafia, can we equip the two of them at the same time. Before I equip any school like that, I needed to see things for myself,” he stated.
“My visit to GTS Assakio is not far from this administration determination and also in fulfilment of my campaign promise to the people. He said.
“I made a promise to the people of Assakio, during the campaigns, that because of my love for technical education, if elected, I will do everything possible that I can, to ensure that I equip the school. Sule affirmed.
“But it looks like the school requires more than equipment, because it needs to be renovated, the hostels are in bad condition, the whole environment is actually in a terrible condition, from what I have seen. He lamented.
“Even if we didn’t enquire into the aspects of academics, especially on the kinds of teachers in the school and their various qualifications”, Engineer Sule said his administration will ensure that GTS Assakio has the right teachers and management to be able to run the school effectively and efficiently.
