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Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, has threatened to sack education secretaries who fail to identify schools in need of renovation in their respective areas.

NAN reports that the governor spoke on Monday at a meeting with education stakeholders on how to rejig the sector in the state.

Mohammed said the meeting would enable relevant ministries, departments, agencies, local council chairmen and the commissioner for local governments to deliberate on the way forward.

“You have lost your job and you may not even get pension and gratuity,” the governor warned.

“A situation whereby some schools are left unenumerated for renovation or for rebuilding is unacceptable.

“I’m going to investigate to find out what happened before, I’m not just going to sleep and allow things to go like that.

“Nobody will cheat on the state and I will leave him. Even with the previous procurement, I will look at it.”

Mohammed lamented the sordid state of a school with 20 classrooms where pupils were taking lessons on the floor under blown-off roofs.

The governor expressed concern that N17 billion had been spent on basic education in the past three years without commensurate results.

“Something must be wrong with the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) and our system. Somebody or some people are there sabotaging us and we have to correct it,” he said.