President Muhammadu Buhari on
Monday relived his experience in middle and secondary schools, while growing up
and said his teachers never spared the rod, whenever he and his schoolmates
misbehaved
“I spent nine years in the
boarding school where the teachers showered us with love, care and total
commitment. They treated you as their own children.
“They commended you when you did
well, and flogged you on bare buttocks if you misbehaved,” said the President.
He shared his schooling
experience in Daura, Katsina State, today after he was honoured by the town’s
Community Secondary School, which he co-founded with five other persons, 50
years ago.
Buhari said he became an orphan
at a young age, but his nine years in boarding school and joining the army
shaped his life.
He said Nigeria’s socio-economic
and political salvation will come from education, urging citizens to embrace
learning as a way of life while the government will do its best to provide
access.
He praised the current management
of the school, which is now renamed Pilot Secondary School, Daura, for
maintaining high standards.
President Buhari implored the old
boys association to carry on the good work they were going, leading up to the
current position of the school.
The leader of the team, Alhaji
M.T Bature, the Sarkin Kudu of Katsina, said the vision of the founding
fathers, including the President, had ensured the success of so many sons of
the state, with many growing up to become professors, engineers, doctors and
military generals.
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