Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, has granted approval for the use of a Government Secondary School premises as temporary site for the take-off of a newly established Federal College of Education (FCE) in Gwoza LGA of the State,leadership report.
The site is at Vile, a community in Gwoza town, headquarters of Gwoza Local Government Area.
The new institution is the first of its kind in Borno State since the state was created in 1976. Most of the 36 States and the FCT has Federal University, Federal Polytechnic and Federal Eollege of Education sited in theiri domains. Borno State had been without Federal Polytechnic and FCE until they were established by the Buhari administration recently.
Governor Zulum, who had facilitated the take-off of a Federal Polytechnic sited in Monguno, is now doing same for the Federal College of Education in Vile, Gwoza.
The governor, during his trip to Gwoza on Saturday, gave a directive for the immediateI rehabilitation of the GSS Vile to serve as temporary site for the Federal College of Education to commence operations.
Zulum gave the approval during an assessment visit to the temporary site, located along Gwoza-Mubi highway.
Zulum administration is known for its commitment to complementing the efforts of the Federal Government through ensuring necessary requirements were met for federal institutions to function effectively in Borno State.
