Gov Mbah to spend N2 billion to upgrade teaching hospital, hostel
Governor Peter Mbah says his government has committed over N2 billion to upgrade Enugu State University Teaching Hospital and build students’ hostels to address the problem of accommodation scarcity.
Mr Mbah disclosed this on Saturday while answering questions from the students’ union leadership during his town hall meeting in Enugu. He said that his administration was building smart schools for primary and secondary students and committed to building innovation and experiential learning for the state’s tertiary institutions.
According to him, the Enugu government has committed in ESUTH over N2 billion for a facelift.
He also said that by 2025, the state would build 17 smart green secondary schools aside from the 245 of 260 ongoing projects across the state for nursery to Junior Secondary School 3.
He said that by September 2025, every child in the state would be at the smart schools learning, adding that 11,000 smart school teachers and Directors of Experiential Learning had been trained.
(NAN)
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