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The Gombe State High Court has convicted and sentenced one Kelvin Tikus, a staff of the Nigerian Correctional Service to three years imprisonment for an employment scam. Tikus, 36, was arraigned on one-count charge before Justice A. Abdussalam for fraudulent conversion by the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).
Minister of education, Prof Tahir Mammam, has inaugurated an eight-man committee to drive and actualise set objectives in the education sector.
"We will, therefore, need a clear road map and framework that will guide the ministry to achieve these goals," he said.
The minister urged the committee to prioritise addressing issues such as the financial autonomy in tertiary institutions, access and equity, research and innovation as well as the government-industry-academic nexus.
Supplementary polls are being held for three senatorial and 11 federal constituency seats in the state on Saturday.