Kano state Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje said parents who refused to send their school age children to school and school age children who beg on the streets instead of going to school will be arrested and prosecuted.

“Children begging on the street instead of going to school will be arrested and their parents arrested and charge to court for prosecution, because begging is not our religion. Begging is not Islam. Those children who are begging will be arrested and their parents will be taken to court for allowing their children to be begging instead of attending school.”

Ganduje said his administration has ensured that over 30, 000 primary and secondary school teachers get qualified certificates, adding that as it stands, Kano has less than three percent unqualified teachers, “and we are ensuring that they go back to school for their qualified certificate.”

He further stated that, “we hope you as development partners, when we are being accused by mischievous people; we want you to come forward and defend us. Anything we do for the development of education, if we receive undue criticism, I urge you to demonstrate and we will give you protection. That is the only way we can get a change. Otherwise, all what we are doing will remain theoretical.”

“I wish what is happening now happened 20 years ago. It would have been a different story by now. Kano state is the most populous state in the federation. We want our population to be a quality population. There are some countries in the world that don’t have a drop of oil, but yet their economy is strong. The main reason is education, even development and technology.

“So, we being the most populous state in the world, we want our population to be an asset. As a China has conquered the world as a result of population that is how Kano will conquer Nigeria as a result of population.”

In his address, the leader of the group, Mr. Nimatullah Bala Umar said, “UNICEF recognizes the efforts of Kano state government in addressing the situation of out-of-school children with the implementation of various programmes in the state to improve children’s access to quality education. We commend Kano state government under your leadership.”



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