THE sincere commitment toeducation of the present Adamawa State government has brought the ideals of the Universal Basic Education programme to reality as the construction of ultra-modern classroom blocks in primary and junior secondary schools across its 21 local government areas has widened access to basic education.

Because of the unprecedented corruption in the land, our collective redemption, hinges on the few who are unblemished and visionary enough to give hope to citizens mired in the present self-inflicted maelstrom.

FORMER Petroleum Minister and erudite scholar, Professor Tam David-West has described Nigeria’s educational standard as nose-diving in quality.

It is no longer news that many factories in Nigeria have closed down and thousands of jobs lost. Government has maintained that industries must not only declare profits, but must create job opportunities. Employers on the other hand, is insisting that government is not doing enough to sustain business.

A group of deaf and hard of hearing (HOH) persons who are under the Deaf and Cabinet Society of Nigeria, have received a grant of one million naira from the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, towards the development of the group’s furniture workshop.