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Former senator representing Kaduna Central senatorial district, Senator Shehu Sani has claimed that over ten thousand schools in the North have closed due to kidnapping and terrorism.
He made this known at Arewa House, Kaduna during the 15th Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture on Girl Child Education, organized by the National Association of Seadogs, Pyrate Confraternity (NAS/PC).
Senator Sani noted that “Most of those who are engaged in banditry and terrorism today, are young people in their 20s and 30s. If we had provided them the education they need, they wouldn’t have carried arms and be attacking people.”
“I’m calling on the government of President Bola Tinubu to as far as I’m concerned invest in education, security and agriculture. These are the basic things.’
“If we want to get the issue of security and education right in the North, we need to be serious about the issue of education.
Right in this Arewa House, is where Sardauna of Sokoto lived, where he was killed in 1966, where the North was founded.
During his time, he provided facilities and resources to educate the generation of leaders who took over power…He was selfless and sacrificed all he had.
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