Date:<\/strong> Tuesday, 9th September 2025 Beneficiaries:<\/strong> 1,100 J-Teach graduate teachers<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Previous Allowance:<\/strong> \u20a630,000 monthly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n New Allowance:<\/strong> \u20a640,000 monthly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n Enhance teacher motivation and productivity<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Improve quality of education in public schools<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Requested By:<\/strong> Ministry for Higher Education<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Beneficiaries:<\/strong> 15 undergraduate and postgraduate students (Medical, Nursing, and Engineering)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n University Offer:<\/strong> 100% tuition waiver granted to Jigawa State indigenes<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Approved Funding Breakdown:<\/strong><\/p>\n Admin Charges, VAT, Acceptance Fees, Accommodation:<\/strong> \u20a6134,689,464.00<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Living Allowance, Health Insurance, Visa, Travel, Feeding, DTA, Estacode, Return Air Ticket:<\/strong> \u20a6152,086,714.00<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Total Approved:<\/strong> \u20a6286,776,178.00<\/strong><\/p>\n Objective:<\/strong> Advance Human Capital Development and support outstanding students<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Purpose:<\/strong><\/p>\n Strengthen teacher training and professional growth<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Improve learning outcomes across basic and post-basic education<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Next Step:<\/strong> Bill for establishment to be forwarded to the Jigawa State House of Assembly<\/strong> for legislation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Significance:<\/strong><\/p>\n Institutional framework for continuous teacher capacity building<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Transform teaching quality in public schools<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Scope:<\/strong> Expansion to 271 additional Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Target Groups:<\/strong> Pregnant women, children under 5, and accident victims<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Pilot Phase:<\/strong> Successfully implemented in 10 PHCs (Gwaram, Garki, Galambi, Basirka, Sagu, Kiyawa, Malam Madori, Maigatari, Roni, Taura)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Approved Amount:<\/strong> \u20a6121,950,000.00<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Unit Cost:<\/strong> \u20a6150,000 per PHC monthly (for 3 months)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Objective:<\/strong> Promote equity and universal health care across 27 LGAs<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Approved Amount:<\/strong> \u20a61,000,000,000.00<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Target Beneficiaries:<\/strong> 287,000 vulnerable persons including:<\/p>\n Children<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Pregnant women<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Elderly<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Persons with disabilities<\/p>\n<\/li>\n The poor and disadvantaged groups<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n Enrollee Increase:<\/strong> From 500 to 1,000 per political ward<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Programme:<\/strong> J-Basic Healthcare Programme (J-Health Basic Social Insurance)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Objective:<\/strong><\/p>\n Remove financial barriers to healthcare<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n Improve overall health outcomes in Jigawa State<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Signed:<\/strong> ðŸ›️ State Executive Council Meeting Summary Date: Tuesday, 9th September 2025Chairman: His Excellency, Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCAPosition: Executive Governor of Jigawa State 🎓 1. Education Development Initiatives ✅ Increase in J-Teach Monthly Allowance Beneficiaries: 1,100 J-Teach graduate teachers Previous Allowance: ₦30,000 monthly New Allowance: ₦40,000 monthly Objective: Enhance teacher motivation and productivity Improve quality […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions\/1297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jigawastate.gov.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Chairman:<\/strong> His Excellency, Malam Umar A. Namadi, FCA
Position:<\/strong> Executive Governor of Jigawa State<\/p>\n
\n\ud83c\udf93 1. Education Development Initiatives<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\u2705 Increase in J-Teach Monthly Allowance<\/h4>\n
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\n\u2705 Comprehensive Sponsorship of Jigawa Students at Near East University, Cyprus<\/h4>\n
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\n\u2705 Establishment of Jigawa State Teacher Development Agency (JSTDA)<\/h4>\n
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\n\ud83c\udfe5 2. Healthcare Interventions<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\u2705 Extension of Free MNCH Services<\/h4>\n
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\n\u2705 2025 State Equity Fund for Vulnerable Citizens<\/h4>\n
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\n\u270d\ufe0f Official Statement<\/h2>\n
Sagir Musa Ahmed<\/strong>
Honorable Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sport and Culture<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"