Fire guts school for orphans displaced by Boko Haram in Sokoto

The Jarma UK Academy was gutted by fire on Thursday evening, destroying offices and hostels.

The Sokoto State government has since visited the school.

Led by Muhammad Bello Sifawa, Secretary to the State Government, the delegation also had Aminu Haliru Dikko, Chief of Staff, Government House Sokoto, as well as the State Attorney-General, Nasiru Mohammed Binji, visit the school to see the level of damage caused by the inferno.

The fire incident affected students’ hostels, Principal’s and Vice Principal’s offices, computer laboratory as well as a staff room on the upper floor of the school.

The inferno, which cause is yet to be ascertained, destroyed clothing materials, mattresses, blankets and other valuable belongings of students.

Muhammad Bello Sifawa, Secretary to the State Government, while speaking at the scene on behalf of the state government, commiserated with the management of the Academy.

He, however, thanked the Almighty Allah as there was no loss of life. And no student sustained any injury.

He said, “Jarma UK Academy was established by a philanthropist, Alhaji Ummarun Kwabo, Jarman Sokoto, in 2018, with 176 students, mostly orphans displaced by Boko Haram insurgency in Borno and Yobe States.

“The Academy offers Western education side-by-side with Islamic education as well as entrepreneurial skills to its students to make them productive members of the society.”