- “Teacher don’t teach me nonsense” – Fela KutiFela Kuti
Kano state in Northern Nigeria has the highest Out-of-school children in the whole world. More than 3 million children are out of school in Kano state.
Instead of Kano state government to mobilise all resources to roll back this catastrophe, the state government recently said it can’t educate all children. The question is how many children can Kano state put back to school in a year? And is there any policy plan to return these more than 3 million Out-of-school children back to school? From all indication there is no plan for this.
Islam commanded Muslims to seek for Knowledge even if they will go to the furthest place on earth. Prophet Muhammad (sa) mentioned China because the Arabs of Makkah then thought China is the furthest place from Arabia.
The richest Black man in the world, Aliko Dangote, is from Kano state. The question is how many schools did he build in Kano state? What is his investment in education in Kano state?
The Emir of Kano was recently accused of looting more than 3 billion Naira from the treasury. Imagine if these funds are invested in education. How many out-of-school children will acquire education with these funds?
And the Governor of Kano state is notoriously nicknamed “Gandollars”. A man that has turned his big Babanriga into a Dollar Bank for stuffing bribes from contractors. 25% of all contracts in Kano state belong to him. Imagine if all these money are invested in education!
Education is the future of all nation and societies. There will be no progress and development without education. Scientific and technological advancement are only possible with education but sadly Northern Nigeria has the largest Out-of-school children in the whole world. 10 million children are out of school in Northern Nigeria yet the corrupt self-centered ruling elites do not care.
I always say this and I will repeat it. The oligarchy of Northern Nigeria are the most wicked set of elites in the whole world. During the brutal and inhuman #ZariaGenocide, President Buhari and gang brutally slaughtered more than 200 innocent children and wickedly dumped their dead bodies in mass graves at night to bury the evidences. All these murdered children were students. Some of them were fresh University graduates, while some of them in their final year. My brother and Friend, Dr. Isa Waziri, of ABU, Zaria, lost four (4) undergraduate children. They murdered them and till date he has not seen their dead bodies. A father prevented from seeing and touching the dead bodies of his murdered children. This is how wicked and evil these people are.
On a final note, the people of Northern Nigeria and most especially the people of Kano state should #WakeUp and do something meaningful of solve this monumental problem of Out-of-school children. This is important.
Harun Elbinawi
elbinawi@yahoo.com
