A female professor in Zamfara
state, Prof. Bilkisu Shinkafi, has called on men to marry educated women in
order to check social vices in the society.
Prof. Shinkafi made the call on
Tuesday, in Gusau, at a Town Hall meeting organized by the Zamfara Circle, an
NGO
The Dean of the Faculty of
Science at the Federal University, Gusau, noted that many of the vices
exhibited by youths in the state were carried out by children of illiterate
mothers who did not have the capacity to train their children.
She said that marrying an
educated woman would eliminate thuggery, illness, illiteracy, poverty and
hunger from the society “as such mothers will ensure that their children go to
school to become better citizens of the society”.
She also explained that the issue
of maternal, neonatal and infant mortality would be significantly addressed
thereby ensuring a healthier society.
Guest Speaker of the event who is
also the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof. Abdullahi Shinkafi,
said that the state had been going backwards in the past years.
He called for a partnership
between the government and the citizens to address the problems facing the
statend.
The SSG, who expressed the state
government’s willingness towards such partnership, called on NGOs in the state
organizations to assist in coordinating activities of various groups in the
communities, particularly youths, for progress.
Earlier in his welcome address,
the Chairman of the circle, Mallam Gazali Shehu said the forum was aimed at
creating a platform where the people would come together to discuss the vast
potentials of the state and how to harness them for development.
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