Managing Director of the North-East Development Commission, Mohammed Goni Alkali,
says terrorists and bandits have killed over 40 percent of the teachers in the North-East.
Alkali stated this at a media briefing at the State House, Abuja, on Thursday.
He said as a result of this, teachers have become scarce in the troubled region as they are the worst hit by the violence.
“The scarcest product in Nigeria are teachers. In the North-East, over 40 percent of teachers have been killed, we need more teachers,” he said.
He said the NEDC had introduced 18 mega schools “that will take care of education from elementary levels to the secondary”.
“We’re working on 18 schools, three each in the six states. We’re also establishing 18 ICT centres in the states. We plan to train at least 10,000 students every year though the ICT schools,” he said.
The NEDC boss added that lack of quality education is responsible for the growing insurgency in the zone.
He further said that the commission had embarked on many reconstruction projects, particularly houses and bridges destroyed by terrorists.
Alkali said several road networks have been reconstructed to curb the activities of insurgents.
“We have built at least 1000 houses in Borno. We also reconstructed bridges burnt by Boko Haram,” he said.