Africa-Press – Tanzania. SUMBAWANGA Municipality Council (SMC) in Rukwa has received 3.4bn/- grant from central government amounting for development and recurrent for September and October.
The SMC Director, Mr Jacob Mtalitinya, told the ‘Daily News’ over the weekend that was part of recently Covid-19 relief package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and will go for classroom construction.
“The fund will definitely decongest schools while easing students’ burden of walking a long distance daily to and from school,” Mr Mtalitinya said.
The Director said the municipality has received 900m/- for construction of 45 classrooms for secondary schools. This will enable all students passed standard seven exams to join form one next January.
Similarly municipality received 80m/- for construction of four satellite schools each at 20m/-.
He said he would ensure speedy construction of the projects the government wants all child of school going age to be enrolled next academic year.
He further noted that the implementation of the construction of classrooms have been scheduled for accomplished mid-next month.
“We want speedy implementation of the projects at a set standard. Thus I warned contractors on implementing shoddy jobs,” Mr Mtalitinya said adding.
“The construction work must reflect the value for money the government paid to contractors.”
Equally, Mr Mtalitinya further disclosed that out of the received grant more than 2.5bn/- will be spent on construction of classrooms in primary and satellite schools.
The fund also will be used for finishing the construction of the municipal hospital.
“We have received a grant of 676.6 m/- to finalize the construction of the municipal hospital and procurement of medical equipment” Mr Mtalitinya said.
Already Rukwa has received 6.64bn/- for the construction of 73 satellite schools at the cost of 1.4bn/- and 259 classrooms for secondary schools whose construction will cost over 5.1bn/-
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