As part of its human capital development agenda, the Kaduna State Government is committed to expanding access to quality education. Central to its education reform programme is the restoration of the iconic schools whose facilities have been encroached by public institutions and private concerns. The recovery of school lands is imperative to better position the schools to properly discharge their primary mandate.
The recovery exercise is now being implemented in Rimi College, Kaduna. Founded in 1941 as Saint John’s College, the school occupies 24.387 hectares of prime land. Three governments eventually excised a total of 3.19 hectares, which they gave to private individuals. The school also lost its students’ hostels which were converted to offices for some state and federal agencies.
The Government is determined to restore Rimi College as a boarding school of quality. Appropriate relocation notices have been sent to the state and federal agencies occupying the school premises. The private land owners have also been served notices of revocation. Those who have valid titles and development approvals are having their properties valued for the purposes of compensation.
At its meeting of 16 November 2015, the Executive Council of the Kaduna State Government approved the payment of N378,357,752.00 as compensation for the first 19 properties whose valuation processes have been concluded. More compensation payments will be considered as other properties are valued. In addition, the titleholders will be given replacement plots of land.
In the interest of transparency, the Government considers it prudent to publish the names of the individuals that were allocated plots of land within Rimi College by previous administrations. The Government is aware that some of the 38 beneficiaries of the allocations took no steps to develop their plots because they had reservations about building on school property. Government hopes that our elite would subscribe to a consensus that preserves and respects the integrity of social assets like schools and hospitals.
First Allocation: 1999 by the government of Colonel U. F. Ahmed
NC/KD
Allottee
Plot No.
Size
1
KD 8880
Lt. Col Akaagerger I. Joseph
7A
980m2
2
KD 13022
Kurfi Umaru Ibrahim
7B
1530m2
3
KD 8886
Fatima Yabi Ahmed
9
1500m
4
KD 9296
Abba Tijjani
9A
1300m
5
KD 29438
Hajiya Zainab Ahmed Dasuki
9B
1200m
6
KD 9361
Abdulbasset Mohammed S.
11
1100m
7
KD 8885
Lt. Col. Musa Mohammed
11A
1550m
8
KD 9360
Said Hashim
11B
970m
Second Allocation: 2012 by the government of Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa
NC/KD
Allottee
Plot No.
Size
1
KD 30859
Hon. Joshua Yakubu Barde
1
503m2
2
KD 30673
Hon.Yunusa Garba Turawa
2
503m2
3
KD 33194
Hon. Hassan Jumare
9
523m2
4
KD 31857
Hon. Bashir Muntake
4
524m2
5
KD 31820
Ibrahim Abdullahi Abba
4A
382m2
6
KD 31779
Simon Gudu Madaki
5
664m2
7
KD 30977
Hajiya Lubabatu Usman
6
619m2
8
KD 31073
Danladi Gabes
7
970m2
9
KD 30674
Hon. Shehu Usman Tahir
8
476m2
10
KD 31633
Alkali Bawa
9
768m2
11
KD 31181
Hon. David Umar Gurara
10
836m2
12
KD 30572
Hon. Labari Shelly Tela
11
759m2
13
KD
Hon. Ibrahim Suleiman
12
718m2
14
KD 31203
Hon. Felix Hassan Hyat
13
504m2
15
KD 32613
Celestine Mathew Tokan Luka
14
454m2
16
KD
Mrs. Emelda D. Yashim
15
433m2
17
KD 31525
Abdulsalam Muazu
16
557m2
18
KD 31942
Michael Kephas Yakubu
17
889m2
Third Allocation: 2013-2015 by the government of Mukhtar Ramalan Yero
NC/KD
Allottee
Plot No.
Size
1
KD 32875
Mohammed I. Hayatudeen
1
1131m2
2
KDL/93054
Alh. Magaji Alhassan
3
947m2
3
KDL/82227
Alh. Abubakar Mohammed
5
1093m2
4
KD 33161
Musa Ahmed Gambo
7
1115m2
5
KD 33160
Ahmed Ishaku
9
1470m2
6
KDL/95225
Umar U. Shehu
11
1519m2
7
KD 31841
Sheik Mal. Umar Hassan
8A
613m2
8
KD 33271
Nura Mohammed Shehu
19
996m2
9
KD 32958
Hon. Abdulsalam Baba-Ahmed
2083m2
10
KDL/96308
Rabi Salisu Oladoja
10A
500m2
11
KD
Dr. Shehu Usman Danfulani
12A
500m2
12
KD
Alh. Kabir Bello
8A
500m2
FIRST PHASE of APPROVED COMPENSATION PAYMENTS AT RIMI COLLEGE
S/NO
ALLOTTEE
PLOT NO.
AMOUNT
1
HON. JOSHUA YAKUBU BARDE
1
40,393,800:00
2
HON. YUNUSA GARBA TURAWA
2
28,827,000:00
3
HON. HASSAN JUMARE
3
0.00 (Undeveloped)
4
AHMED ALH. ABDULLAHI
4/4A
1,452,000:00
5
SIMON GUDU MADAKI
5
0.00 (Undeveloped)
6
HAJIYA LUBABATU USMAN
6
33,891,885:00
7
MUSA AHMED GAMBO
7
0.00 (Undeveloped)
8
SHEHU USMAN TAHIR
8
13,012,820:00
9
SHEHU USMAN TAHIR
8A
1,562,400:00
10
ALKALI BAWA
9
41,085,350:00
11
HON. DAVID UMAR GURARA
10
5,804,680:00
12
HON. LABARI SHELLY TELA
11
72,460,935:00
13
HON. IBRAHIM SULEIMAN
12
972,000:00
14
HON. FELIX HASSAN HYAT
13
41,746,161:00
15
CELESTINE MATHEW TOKAN LUKA
14
1,763,586:00
16
MRS. EMELDA D. YASHIM
15
0.00 (Undeveloped)
17
ABDULSALAM MU’AZU
16
40,474,025:00
18
MICHAEL KEPHAS YAKUBU
17
53,747,200:00
19
ABDULSALAM BABA-AHMED
1,163,910:00
TOTAL
N378,357,752:00