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By Kunle Kola Olubiyo
Nigeria returned to democratic governance in 1999, giving birth to a political milestone known as the 4th Republic.
The Power Sector had gone over 20 years without a single major capital infusion by the government. This arguably set the tone for what was going to be a massive investment to revive the sector. In order to fast-track different government-funded projects into mainstream contention, the National Integrated Power Projects, NIPP, was conceived in 2004 under the President Olusegun Obasanjo administration as a government-funded quick intervention in the ailing power sector inherited by the new civilian administration.
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A former General Manager (Audit and Compliance) in the Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited, Hajiya Maryam Mohammed, has called on the government to intervene in the Almajiri menace in Northern Nigeria by sending the out-of-school children to school.
She said although many of the children were interested in going to school, cultural and religious factors had been a serious impediment.
“I feel the government should be responsible for the Almajiris; you see, in most of the people in the North, especially Borno State want to send their children to school but they don’t have the means of educating or taking their children to school.