Nasarawa Govt. distributes 1000 mattresses and 500 double-bunk beds to COEA

Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has distributed 1,000 mattresses and 500 double-bunk beds to the students of College of Education, Akwanga (COEA), to improve the learning environment for the students.

Mr Peter Ahemba, Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the governor on Public Affairs stated this at a bimonthly press conference on Friday in Lafia.

He noted that the distribution is part of the desired attention that the Gov. Sule-led administration has continued to give to the education sector since its inception in 2019.

He explained that the government had constructed many blocks of classrooms, renovated many schools, build parameters fencing in many schools to protect the schools against encroachment.

He further said that the government had employed many teaching and non-teaching staff and supplied teaching materials at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of education in the state to improve the standard of education.

He further said that the governor has approved N165 million for the award of contracts to renovate girls' hostels at Government Science School, Lafia, and construct 10 toilet facilities in the school.

The governor's aide took the opportunity and appealed to striking lecturers in the state-owned tertiary institutions to call off the ongoing strike action to pave the way for the continuation of negotiations to ensure the speedy resolution of the impasse.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) report that the Joint Unions of Nasarawa State Tertiary Institutions had on December 29, 2025, declared an indefinite strike action over the lack of implementation of the New National Minimum Wage to its members.

He stressed that the strike by the College of Education, Akwanga, Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia and College of Agriculture, Science and Technology, Lafia was capable of affecting the academic pursuit of the students and appealed to the unions to return to the negotiation table for amicable resolution of the issues.

The governor's aide further said that the government is aware of the gradual infiltration of bad elements into the state, thereby posing security threats to residents.

"We wish to stress that the state government will not allow those enemies of peace to succeed in their evil acts against the peace-loving citizens.

"Effort would not be spared to sustain the hard-earned relative peace achieved by the present administration since its inception in 2019.

"We condemn in the strongest terms, the recent midnight attack on residents of Akunza in Ashigi community of Lafia by yet-to-be identified gunmen.

"Government has since directed security agencies to ensure that the perpetrators are apprehended and brought to justice without delay," Ahemba added.

He further assured the residents that the government was working closely with security agencies and other relevant stakeholders to implement the latest security measures taken to address this type of situation.

"We therefore, call on citizens to assist security agencies with useful information that would lead to the arrest of criminals in all parts of the state," the SSA said.

He assured the public that the government was doing everything possible to ensure the safety and security of the lives and property of citizens.

Ahemba therefore, appealed to members of the public to report any suspicious activities to the relevant authorities and to cooperate fully with security agencies to prevent and combat crime.  (NAN).