FORMER Accountant-General of the Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo was elected governor of Gombe State in the April 2011 elections. After swearing-in, he took stock of the state and declared that the top three items on his agenda for developing Gombe are Education, Education, and Education. Indeed, he has invested heavily in the state's educational sector, evidenced by the construction and rehabilitation of many primary and secondary schools.
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The tertiary sector is also feeling his impact as he is building a college of education and a school of basic and remedial studies. Of course, Gombe State University which he inherited is not left out. In this interview with select newsmen in his office in Gombe, Alhaji Dankwambo laments that it is an uphill task to get refunds when a state government, because of urgent needs, goes out of its way to do a federal road. Excerpts:
That makes a lot of sense because it is what that State needs right now. The rebuilding from the scratch will work out well.
Other states must learn from this because it's a brilliant way to develop when it comes to hard times like this.