Bauchi State Governor Mohammed
By Baba Shehu Oscu Bauchi
Bauchi State Governor, Senator Bala Mohammed said that his administration will soon embark on total war against ignorance and bad practices in the education sector of the state.
“I’m not fighting anybody because I want war, but because of the death of responsibility, I’m ashamed that I’m a governor of a state which has the largest number of out of school children”, he said.
Senator Mohammed who was speaking while signing commitments for the upliftment of standard of education in Bauchi, assured of employing 1, 000 school teachers into the services of state government before his administration reaches 100 days in office.
One hundred and twenty youths advocates supported by UNICEF in collaboration with Bauchi SUBEB and HILWA mobilizes stakeholders in the education sector to strive for increased access to safe and quality education for children, especially girls.
The youth have hitherto undergone three-day capacity building on mobilization and advocacy as part of the activities commemorating the Day of African Child 2019 organized by Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).
The Day of the African Child (DAC) initiated by the Organization of African Unity (OAU), now African Union is being celebrated on June 16 every year since 1991 to honour children who were killed in the Soweto uprising of 1976 while protesting that they be taught in their own local language.
The occasion is being celebrated internationally to advocate and raise awareness on the situation of out of school children which Nigeria has 10.1 million aged 5 t0 14, most of them girls, with Bauchi state having the highest number in the federation of 1.2 million.
The leader of the youth, Tawakkaltu Salawuddeen said their objective is also to engage Bauchi decision makers and get them to affirm that the SDGs and Agenda 2063 cannot be achieved without attention to the substantial number of out of school children in the state.
She explained that they are collectively working to ensure that all children, especially girls’ access safe and quality education, hence their resolve to secure the commitment of the state governor, Senator Mohammed and his government to prioritize Bauchi state’s children rights to education in his agenda of governance.
The Governor who cheerfully welcome the youth to Government House told them that Saturday while on funeral prayer for late Senator Babayo Gamawa, said he was opportuned to inspect a school in Zaki LGA that has more than 1, 500 pupils, had all its infrastructure destroyed over the last three years.
