Speaker of the House of Representatives, Dr Abbass Tajuddeen, has flagged off distribution of 500 motorcycles to Islamic scholars in his constituency in Zaria local government area of Kaduna state under his empowerment scheme.
Speaking at the flag off of the distribution held at Nuhu Babajo Stadium in Zaria City, the speaker said 500 head teachers of the Islamic Conventional School would benefit from the intervention but in the subsequent distributions a total of 1, 500 scholars would benefit, bringing the number to 2000 beneficiaries.
He pointed out that the assistance to the almajiri teacher was aimed at making their transportation problem easy.
“I have passion for teachers because I thought in primary schools and higher institution for years. As such, I consider myself a teacher,” he said.
Dr Tajuddeen added that previously, more than 5,000 primary and secondary school teachers were given motorcycles to ease their transportation challenges.
Our correspondent reports that prior to the distribution of motorcycles, the speaker visited the ongoing constituency projects at Kofar Gayan where he inspected the construction of FCE, Zaria, College of Health Technology and College of Veterinary Health.
