Kebbi State Government has inaugurated 13 Professors and eight Ph.D holders to serve as part time chairmen of Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs).
The academics head the education authority in their local government areas.
Governor Atiku Bagudu, who performed the inauguration at the Banquet Hall, Presidential Lodge, Birnin Kebbi, described the event as a landmark in the history of Kebbi State in mobilising academic sophisticates to partake actively in remedying the challenges of learning in primary schools.
He commended all the Professors for accepting to serve the state in the capacity of part time chairmen of local government education authorities and the zeal to meeting the desired goals.
Bagudu described systemic delay in the education sector, arising from limitation of funds, averring that such challenges must be tackled decisively with immediacy.
“These people are highly qualified professionals with the requisite experience to change the education sector for the better”, the governor said.
The Governor therefore urged the part-time chairmen to contact him directly on any matter in the course of their assignment, pledging to bear responsibility for any eventuality.
