Nasiru el-Rufai, governor of
Kaduna state, says his child will remain in public school in spite of recent
attack on a school by kidnappers.
El-Rufai said this while reacting
to the abduction of six students and two teachers at the Engrave’s College in
Kakau Daji area of Kaduna state on Wednesday.
The governor, who spoke to state
house correspondents in Abuja on Friday, said his child should not be safer or
more protected than any other child in the state.
“My child should not be safer or
more protected than any other child in Kaduna State. I took an oath of office
to protect everyone and my child is just only one of the two million children
we have in Kaduna state primary schools and I have no intention of reviewing
that,” he said.
“For me taking my child to a
government school was not only a commitment I made but a clear expression that
I have enough confidence in the quality of our public schools for my child to
attend.
“We have already given directives
that all the staff of our Ministry of Education who are in charge of managing
our education system must have their own children in government schools.’’
On the abducted persons, the
governor said the state government, parents and guardians of the victims as
well as security agencies were doing everything possible to secure their
release.
He dismissed the insinuation that
parents were withdrawing their wards from schools following the reported
abduction of the students and teachers at the Engrave’s College in Kakau Daji.
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