The candidate of the PDP, Muhammad Abacha, said the schools in the state are inadequate. He also pointed out that...
During the event held at the Dangote Business School of the Bayero University, Kano, the candidates spoke about how they will improve school enrolment, tackle growing insecurity, and solve the healthcare challenges of the state, among other policy discussions,
Mr Tanko of the PRP said, if elected, he would prioritise basic education because he considers the primary school level to be a critical stage in laying a solid educational foundation for the development of all children.He said “Kano state leads in the northern state in the number of out-of-school children, this is unfortunate because it has impacted the development of our people.
“When we improve the infrastructural standard of public schools like that of the private ones with a conducive environment suitable for learning these will attract children’s enrollment to schools. “On the street children, it’s about poverty and hunger, many parents cannot afford the educational responsibilities of their children. My government will make it mandatory to address the problem of such children because I believe that the only thing you can do for children is to ensure that they have Islamic and conventional education.
“The funding to make education free for all can be done if we tackle bribery and corruption and invite donor agencies across the world who are always willing to help and develop education “Before the policy of free and compulsory education, the out-of-school figure was about 1.8 million but now after the policy, the enrollment figure has tripled to about 3.7 million and the beauty of the enrollment figure shows that the girl child constituted about 60 per cent of that figures.
Mr Abacha said he will address the challenges in the health sector through the provision of adequate funding by ensuring that 25 per cent of the state’s budget goes to the health sector, and sponsoring students to study health-related courses to bridge the gap of manpower in the health sector.
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