Take education with all seriousness, Senator Shehu Sani charges northern leaders
Senator Shehu Sani has called on Northern leaders to take education with all seriousness to avert imminent collapse of public schools.
He made the call at the 40th anniversary celebration of Government Science College, Kagara organised by the Kagara Old Boys Association (KAGOBA) class of 1984 in Minna, Niger state.
Shehu Sani said public schools used to be the best schools to acquire education because it’s had teachers both from within and outside of Nigeria.
“It is unfortunate that today, some of the public schools that produced the best people in the history of this country are deruling of what they used to be.
“In our days in schools, we had teachers from Pakistan, Indian, Canada and Egypt, among us now are proffessors, doctors, engineers, senators, captains of industries, army generals among others.
“It is unfortunate of what public schools have become today especially in the north, the North must take education serious, as its lacks behind with the highest number of out-of-school children,” he said.
The senator lamented that the activities of bandits and terrorist have destroyed the educational fabrics and basis in northern Nigerian.
He that Government Science College Kagara that produced some of the best professionals the country had today, had been deserted due to bandits attack where students were abducted.
He, however, supported the relocation of the school to Minna for the main time, adding that security had improved under President Bola Tinubu led- administration.
The senator said there were evidence that many top terrorists commanders have been eliminated compared to Buhari administration were many schools were attacked.
Earlier in his welcome address, the Chairman of KAGOBA, Jafar Tukur, who is also the Deputy Controller of Nigeria Custom, said the college established 1968, in started operation in Minna between 1967 and 1968 and was later moved to Kagara in 1973.
Tukur who was represented by the Vice Chairman of KAGOBA, Dr. Philip Ibrahim, said the college was unique in the history of Niger, adding that all professionals in the state civil service were products of Kagara, Kutigi and Izom and Maryam Babangida colleges.
Tukur described as “unfortunate the current condition of school, adding that for ten years, excos of KAGOBA were responsible for procurement of tables and chairs for students to write WAEC in the.
