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By Bashir Hassan Abubakar
Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed has lamented low enrolment of pupils in his state. He urged royal fathers to encourage school enrolment in their domains.
The governor said this in Bauchi on Sunday during the handing over ceremony of some constituency projects sponsored by the Representative of Ganjuwa/Darazo in the House of Representatives, Mansur Manu Soro.
Governor Mohammed who noted that the food incentive offered to pupils in schools was not enough to attract children, pleaded with parents to allow their children attend classes in the schools built by his administration.
“The Commissioner of Education has spoken about one issue that is worrying me and that is the issue of enrolment. We have renovated schools, we have provided welfare in terms of supply chains of the food and facilities, but we don’t have enrolment.
“When I was growing up, my father was a district head, he used to call the village heads and reprimand them to make sure that parents send their children to school. We have to go back to the old days to force parents to send their children to school, we can not avoid aberration.”
“So, I am calling on the royal highnesses, the Emirs, the District and Village heads to put heads together with the government to make sure that enrolment is improved. Otherwise, the spate of out-of-school children and criminality would not stop,” he said.
Speaking earlier, the member representing Ganjuwa/Darazo in the House of Representatives, Mansur Manu Soro who donated six primary healthcare centres, six ambulances, six vehicles and seven million naira take off grant for the health facilities said he was inspired by the people’s helplessness and poverty.
He said he is collaborating with the government of Bala Mohammed in Bauchi State, not minding political party differences, to alleviate the sufferings of his constituents.