Northern Governors have been called to emulate the good work of Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf in the area of Education and capacity building in Nigeria.
The Northeast Youth Progressive Union and Coalition for Democratic Rights Group made the call during a press briefing in Yola, Adamawa state Capital.
The two groups decried a disparity between the Northern and Southern parts of the country on development, including that of human capacity.
According to them, Governor Yusuf within the last 5 months has paid for the tuition, feeding, and accommodation of 1001 Post Graduate students to India.
Chairman of the Northeast Youth Progressive Union, Kabir Sambo told journalists that Governor Yusuf also paid “the Senior Secondary school examination fees (NECO) for 57,000 students, Tuition fees of 7,000 students at Bayero University, and tertiary institution students in Kano are now granted 50% discount on their fees.”
‘’He has reopened 26 Skills acquisition institutes for training and empowerment of residents of Kano State. Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has also procured and distributed education support materials to over nine thousand schools with over three million pupils benefited from uniforms, books, computers and other teaching/learning aids,’’ Sambo said
“These are some of the programmes that we know will not only help develop Kano and its people, but will have a knock on positive effect in Northern Nigeria as a whole. These strides in Kano have gotten the people of Kano excited. In actual fact, the youth of Northern Nigeria have had their hope in future development renewed. We need all Northern Governors to emulate these steps by Kano and to prioritize education and human capital development,” Dr Kabir said.
He noted that the youths in Northern Nigeria are aware that the Tribunal sacked the Kano State governor but are watching the appeal process which they believe Justice which is the bedrock of democracy would be done so that democracy in Nigeria will not be jeopardized.
Mercy Chukwudiebere
