Zamfara State Govt. Approves N100 M For Schools Furnitures

From Abdulkarim Umar

In an efforts to improve the standard of  education, the zamfara state government under the leadership of Governor Bello Matawallen Maradun has approved the sum of one hundred million naira( 100 M) for funitures to both primary and secondary  schools across the state.

This was disclosed by the Chairman Zamfara State Universal Basic Education Board Alhaji Abubakar Aliyu Dan madamin Maradun during the flag off distribution of chairs at Government Girls Secondary School Janyau and Gidan Roba in Gusau metropolis.

 Dan madamin Maradun  said considering the important of education in the society, the government under the leadership of Governor Matawalle has already paid all counterpart  macthing grant.

According to him,  many schools spent over 12 years without chairs  their students are sitting down on the floor during lectures. 

In their separate speeches,  the principal government girls secondary school Janyau Hajiya Sa'adatu Almajir and her counterpart  Hajiya Hawa'u Muhmmad Nafaru principal Galadima government girls secondary school Gidan Roba, thanked the chairman for the distribution of the items,  according to them is a welcome development to the educational sector.

Hajiya Sa'adatu and Hajiya Hawa'u assured the chairman that they would do everything possible for proper use of the chairs given to their schools.

Nigerian Bar Association Zamfara State Branch Conforms The Dead Of Barrister B T Aza.

From Our Reporter

The Nigerian bar association zamfara state NBA has confirm the dead of their colleaque and friend, Benedict Torngee Azza Esq. (Barr B. T. Aza) is dead, B. T. Azza died yestarday Thursday 18th day of August, 2022 at about 2200 - 2230hrs. 

This contained in a statement singed by the branch chairman Nigerian Bar association zamfara state (NBA)  Barrister Junaidu Abubakar Esq Mafara and made it available to the news men in Gusau, the capital city of zamfara state.

According the statement Barrister B T Aza died Yesterday at about 22:30hrs, while I was in my house, I received three different phone calls from our colleagues  informing me that B. T. Azza Esq. was shot dead by unknown gunmen and his body was lying on the road side along Bye pass near FRSC office, Gusau. 

Immediately after receiving the information, I rushed to the scene where I met our colleagues, Abdullahi Ibrahim Esq. and Ibrahim Sani Gusau Esq. with much number of security personnel (police and soldiers). I saw BT Azza's dead body lying in cold blood on the shoulders of the road. I also saw his accident vehicle (Lexus Jeep) by the road side. 

While we were there, FRSC's personnel came to the scene with a body bag in which the dead body was deposited and taken by the police to Yariman Bakura Specialists Hospital, Gusau where his dead body was deposited in the matuary.

According to the information, BT Azza was shot dead by 2 unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who came on a motorcycle. The information has it that, the gunmen wanted to kidnap him at his house situate at Saminaka Area, Behind Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Headquarters, Byepass, Gusau but he was able to escaped, drove his vehicle and run to the road side. The gunmen pursued him  and shot him dead.

B. T. Azza's neighbours said they heard some gun shots in the area and after a while, they also heard loud sound of a vehicle accident. When they came out and rushed to the scene, they saw BT opens his vehicle's door, came out and walked with is legs to the main road where he sat down and he started bleeding and he died instantly.

BT was said to have been shot three times by the unknown gunmen who, after the shootings,  they took to their heel when they saw people coming to the scene.

Barr B. T. Azza is the Principal Assiciate of BENEDICT TORNGEE AZA & ASSOCIATES, Legal Practitioners, Gussu, Zamfara State.

B. T. Azza is from Yelewatta, Makurdi Benue State. He attended GCSS, Udei in 1999, University of Jos and Nigerian Law School, Kano Campus in 2008. He was married to Izuagie Rachael and blessed with children.