Governor El-Rufai
Outspoken governor of Kaduna State, Nasiru El-Rufai, has signed
into law a bill prohibiting hawking and begging in the state which would
take effect from September 2016.
Speaking during the signing of a partnership agreement to boost the
education sector that every child in the state must go to school, the
governor disclosed to a delegation from UNESCO, UNICEF and USAID and
said;
"This morning, I signed a bill that prohibits street hawking
and begging in Kaduna state. From September 2016, every child between
the ages of 6 and 15 must be in school not on the street hawking or
begging, otherwise the parents must be prosecuted and sent to prison.
"We have taken this step to give impetus to the Universal Basic Education Act which makes basic education in Nigeria compulsory.
"We must force people to send their children to school and we
are not going to give them choice; everyone in Kaduna state must go to
school," he said.
El-Rufai added that his administration would 'open the doors of
learning to every child and will not shirk in its responsibility to
make public schools capable of delivering quality education.'
He said the state government would build more classrooms to enable every child in the state access qualitative basic education.
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