Kano state governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has reiterated his administration’s commitment to transform education in the state.
The governor stated this in Istanbul, Turkey, during an interactive session with postgraduate students sponsored by his administration in the country, adding that education was the top priority of his administration.
Kwankwaso maintained that the purpose of his visit to different countries to see the students physically and get firsthand knowledge of their state of affairs.
The governor lamented the apathetic attitude of some leaders and parents to educational advancement of the North, saying that such inclination was taking the region backward.
He said: “This is not good for us, and is not even good for the country. We are even lucky that the populace have accepted the issue of sending their children to school, that is why when we came in 2011, our children were just over one million in primary schools and we are approaching three million now, that is why we give free education now.”
Turning to the post graduate students, Kwankwaso said the government was working not only to see them complete their master degrees, but also monitoring their progress, and expressed happiness that their institutions had submitted positive reports on them to the government .
“Try and be good ambassadors of Kano and Nigeria; be committed, be determined to help the society,” he charged the students.
Also speaking, the Director, International Office, Yasar University Izmir, Mrs. Patricia Turkmenoglu, praised governor Kwankwaso for his “visionary leadership, focus, and positive commitment towards educational development in Kano,” saying that she could “see a good and bright future of Kano in the students.”
Speaking on behalf of the students, Umar Abdulhamid from Faith University Istanbul, thanked governor Kwankwaso for initiating the foreign scholarship programme, acknowledging that the procedure adopted for the selection of the masters degree students was based on merit. He promised that they would justify the investment in their education.
