The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Kuje Branch on Saturday April 10, 2021, performed the foundation laying and fund-raising ceremony for the construction of its Secretariat valued at N76 million opposite School for the Deaf Paseli, along Kuje- Gwagwalada road in Kuje Area Council, FCT.
Hon. Abdullahi Suleiman Sabo, the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, while making his donation to the union for the construction of the Secretariat said education was paramount and a priority in his administration.
Hon. Sabo, represented by the H.O.D Education and Social Development kuje Area Council, Mr Uzo Nwankwo, assured of his maximum support in the actualisation of the unions aspirations, completion of the project and the development of education in the area.
Comr. Audu Lucky Jen, the Chairman NUT Kuje branch, during his remarks at the ceremony said the project if completed would go a long way to increas the financial base of the branch which will create welfare packages for its members.
He commended members of the Union, its local organising committee, LOC, the project Committee headed by Comr. Moses Titus and other stakeholders for their resoluteness and doggedness.
However, he urged the company handling the project to deploy all the professionalism in ensuring that the secretariat is completed in due course according to specifications.
Comr. Titus, the project Chairman maintained that the committe would ensure that the project would be an elegant, cavernous and efficient building conforming to modern architectural paradigms in the country.
Nevertheless, he commended Rodbola & AM Cornerpiece Limited, the company in charge of the construction of the Secretariat, for having the technical know-how to execute the project.
He also added that the committee would go out of its way to deliver an architectural masterpiece that would truly reflect the profile of the nation’s Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) secretariat.
While soliciting for the support of the general public in contributing to the actualisation of the unions aspiration, he called on the Federal Government to provide adequate budgetary allocation to education in the country.
One of the highlights of the occasion was the presentation of the design for the proposed secretariat building by Eng. Adams the contractor of the company that won the bid to design and construct the secretariat.
Thereafter, the ceremony came to a climax with the formal laying of the foundation stone by the representative of Kuje Area Council Chairman, traditional rulers, NUT FCT branch chairmen and the executive members of the union.
Hon. Shaban Tete, the former Chairman of Kuje Area Council while giving his donation for the construction of the Secretariat, also assured of his commitment in the completion of the project and the development of education in Kuje.