Sanusi to Northern Governors: Provide Enough Fund for Education
POLITICS DIGEST – The Emir of Kano, Mal. Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Tuesday called on northern governors to provide enough money to improve education sector in order to address the increasing number of out-of-school children and the decline of the sector in the region.
Speaking in Kaduna at the annual commemoration lectures of Malam Haruna Soba, Emir Sanusi said if enough fund was allocated to education, every state in the region would be better off for it.
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Malam Haruna Soba was the first Northerner to become chief education officer in charge of teacher training.
After the creation of new states, he was deployed to the North-Central and promoted chief inspector of education in 1968. He, however, died in 1988.
Emir Sanusi, who was represented on the occasion by a District Head, Alhaji Habibu Bello, said: “As northern governors, you should set aside enough budget to take care of education in your respective states.
“Education is key to national development; as such, if the state government can vote more money for this in their annual budget, the situation will improve gradually.”
The lecture was entitled: “Education as an Instrument for National Integration: The Northern Nigeria Crisis.”
