Governor Samuel Ortom
Benue State Executive Council has approved the partial reopening of schools in compliance with recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19.
The State EXCO also approved a Public-Private Partnership, (PPP) arrangement for the management of the Makurdi Modern Market.
The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mrs Nguman Addingi, who briefed newsmen shortly after the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Samuel Ortom said the schools would be reopened for primary six pupils and students in JSS 3 as well as SS3.
She said that the Action Committee on COVID-19 would further meet with the Ministry of Education to work out modalities on protocols to be observed and a date for the re-opening of schools agreed on.
The Information Commissioner also noted that due diligence would be carried out to identify interested persons in the Public-Private Partnership arrangement and those with the requisite capacities for engagement.
According to her, The State Executive Council also approved a request for the 2019 and 2020 International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, Assisted Rice and Cassava Value Chain Development Programme.
The commissioner stated that the Benue State Government would pay its counterpart funding for the programme so that farmers in the state, especially in six Local Government Areas, could access funding for rice and cassava farming.
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