To Build School Dormitories for Kids, Tanzanian President Cancels $445K Independence Day Celebration
- The president of Tanzania has ordered the cancellation of the country's 61st Independence Day celebration
- Samia Hassan described spending $445,000 for the Independence Day celebration as an unnecessary extravagance
- According to her, the money will now be used to build eight dormitories for children with special needs in primary schools across Tanzania
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The government of Tanzania has taken a decision to cancel the country's annual Independence Day celebration scheduled to take place on Friday, December 9.
Aljazeera reports that the country's 61st Independence Day celebration was budgeted to cost $445,000 for an event which would probably last a few hours.
However, in a swift decision, Tanzanian president, Samia Hassan, cancelled the event stating that the earmarked funds could be used for something more meaningful.
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Hassan directed that the money be channelled towards building eight dormitories for children with special needs in primary schools across the country.
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According to the president, the unnecessary extravagance of the celebrations informed her decision to use the allocated budget to handle a more urgent project.
A statement by Tanzania's minister of state, George Simbachawene, said that the money as directed by the president has already been disbursed.
His words:
“The debates and conferences will be preceded by various schedules for regional and district leaders to carry out social activities in different areas including cleaning hospitals, schools, elderly homes and groups with special needs."
Simbachawene also noted that the funds so far released will be channelled to the schools through the president’s office - regional administration and local government (PO-RALG)
'Over 1 in 3 Nigerian kids has access to Early Child Education,' UNICEF says
The learning process of children from birth to age eight had earlier been described as the bedrock of their life's development.
This description was given by education experts during a media dialogue organised by UNICEF and the Federal Ministry of Information.
According to experts, early learners must be provided with the appropriate environment for their learning process.
How we enrol 'drop-out-married' girls into schools in Kano community, father highlights
Parents in Tarda community in Ungogo local government area of Kano state have adopted different measures to ensure their girls are not enrolled but stay in school to complete their basic education.
One of such parent is Mustapha Abdullahi Tarda whose focus is on making sure that girls who were married off earlier go back to school.
Also, mothers in the community encourage each other through an association supported by United Nations Children’s Fund and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
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