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Babatunde Raji Fashola A total of 2.5 kilometre internal roads rehabilitated at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH) by the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing, have been handed over by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola. Fashola, who was represented at the handing over ceremony by the Federal Controller of Works, Borno State, Mr. Amos Tongman, explained that the intervention by the government in the development of infrastructure in the tertiary institutions was to boost quality of education “It is undebatable that the quality of education will be im...

He said: “The quality of education will be impacted by the quality of infrastructure and the learning environment.” He said there were 43 road interventions within higher institutions across the country out of which 29 were completed and 17 handed over to the institutions in 2020. He further said 80 people were directly and indirectly employed during the construction exercise and by UMTH which contributed to the job creation initiative of the government. The Chief Medical Director, UMTH, Professor Ahmed Ahidjo, said the manner the project was handled showed “resilience, experience, know...