The minister also commended the teachers for their guidance, encouragement, dedication and mentorship, and for teaching the students the mechanics of debate. Dr Mariya Mahmoud, the Minister of State, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has advocated the institutionalisation of debate in public schools across the FCT, to foster healthy conversations on topical issues among students.Mahmoud made the call in Abuja on Friday, at the grand finale of the 2024 Head-to-Head Debate Reality House. The debate, with the topic, “Poverty a Threat to School Population”, was organised for public schools by the F…