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<p>A transparency advocacy group, Tracka, has raised serious concerns over the inability of the Kano State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to provide records showing where more than â¦1 billion reportedly spent on renovating 100 classrooms was actually executed.</p>
<p>According to Tracka&#8217;s findings from the Kano State 2025 Fourth Quarter Budget Implementation Report (BIR), over â¦1 billion was disbursed for the classroom renovation project. However, the organisation said the absence of specific project locations in the official report has rendered citizen oversight nearly impossible.</p>
<p>In a bid to obtain clarity, Tracka submitted a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to Kano SUBEB on May 19, 2026, seeking the names of contractors, specific project locations, and implementation statuses. The request was signed by Tracka State Officer, Maryam Usman, on behalf of the organisation&#8217;s Head, Joshua Osiyemi.</p>
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<p>In a statement released to journalists, Tracka disclosed that rather than furnish the requested details, Kano SUBEB responded that it had no record of the locations where the renovations were carried out. The board reportedly directed the Tracka team to only one site – Jili Primary School in Rimin Gado Local Government Area – where repainting and repair works were confirmed to have been undertaken.</p>
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<p>&#8220;The lack of specific location has made tracking very difficult,&#8221; Tracka stated. &#8220;We wrote an FOI to SUBEB Kano State Universal Basic Education Board in May 2026, but they responded saying they do not have a record of the locations where renovations have been done. The only school they directed us to was Jili Primary School, Rimin Gado, and we saw that repainting and repairs have been done at the school.&#8221;</p>
<p>Tracka further revealed that SUBEB referred the organisation to the Kano State Ministry of Education for information on the remaining project locations.</p>
<p>The advocacy group has now called on the Ministry of Education to urgently make public the full breakdown of the classroom renovation programme, including all project locations, contractor details, and complete expenditure records.</p>
<p>&#8220;We were directed to the Kano State Ministry of Education for information on the locations of this project. We implore the ministry to provide the public with the full breakdown of this project, including locations and spending,&#8221; the organisation added.</p>
<p>The development has reignited debates over budget implementation transparency in the state, particularly given that the reported sum – exceeding â¦1 billion for just 100 classrooms – averages roughly â¦10 million per classroom, a figure that Tracka suggests warrants thorough public scrutiny.</p>
<p>As of press time, the Kano State Ministry of Education had not issued an official response to Tracka&#8217;s demands.</p>
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