Akwanga (Nasarawa State), Oct. 15, 2025 (NAN) Rep. Jeremiah Umaru (APC, Akwanga/Nassarawa-Eggon/Wamba Federal Constituency) has trained no fewer than 100 secondary and primary school teachers across the 35 electoral wards in the constituency to build their capacities for optimal performance.
Speaking at the training on Wednesday in Akwanga Local Government Area (LGA), Nasarawa State, the lawmaker said that the gesture was part of his blueprint to invest and promote the education sector.
Umaru said that training would help build the capacities of teachers on school administration, and how to use Information Communication Technology (ICT) in aiding teaching and learning with a view to making them more effective and efficient.
He promised to sustain the training and extend it to all teachers in the constituency in line with global-based practice.
The training featured paper presentations on The Role of Information, Communication Technology (ICT) in Teacher Education, Effective School Leadership Management; The Role of Principals and Head Teachers, Effective Financial Management in School Administration, and Drug Abuse and the Poor Performance of Students.
Meanwhile, the lawmaker also donated N10 million prize monies to the winners of the secondary school debate competition in his constituency.
The debate was the second edition, organised by the federal lawmaker for secondary schools across the 35 electoral wards of his constituency.
Umaru expressed satisfaction with the level of confidence and the composure of the participants and their sequence in arguing their points.
He appreciated the teachers of the various participating schools for grooming and imparting knowledge and values to the students.
Umaru maintained that the debate was aimed at creating a network among the students to expose them to standard best practices.
According to him, the programme is designed to create a strong network for the students and provide them with a platform to speak to a larger crowd.
“The network they built today will brighten their academic pursuits and strengthen their public speaking techniques to achieve their dreams and aspirations, in the future.
“It has provided a platform for peer review between students from government schools and their counterparts from private schools.
“Some of us were also groomed through debates and quiz competitions during our school days”, he said.
He, therefore, promised to continue to initiate programmes in various sectors to empower his constituents to justify their support at the polls.
The lawmaker presented prizes to the best students and best schools who emerged as winners in the competition as well as consolation prizes to all the participating schools.
The Shepherd International College, Akwanga, emerged as the overall winner, with Government Science Secondary School, Wamba, and Our Lady of Fatima College Ogba, Nassarawa-Eggon as the first and second runners-up respectively.
He presented a cheque of N1 million and five laptop computers to the winner, N700, 000 and three laptops, and N500, 000 and two laptops to the first and second runners up respectively.
Umaru also presented N500,000 and one laptop to the best speaker, N250,000 and one laptop to the second speaker and N150,000 and one laptop to the third speaker at the competition.
He equally presented N200,000 and educational materials to each of the other 32 participating schools.