Any parent who refuses to educate his children will now be liable to criminal offence if a bill before the Sokoto State House of Assembly is passed into law, Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said.

The move, which is considered both radical and revolutionary, is aimed boosting school enrolment and providing quality education to every child as required by local and international laws.

And as part of measures to enhance the implementation of the new policy, government will build and equip 240 primary and tertiary healthcare centres in the three senatorial zones of the state.

Making this known yesterday while addressing religious, traditional and political leaders from 11 local government areas of the state who paid him a Sallah visit in Sokoto, Tambuwal said the policy becomes necessary in view of the high percentage of parents who deliberately frustrate government efforts to educate children.

He said the state government had already made adequate arrangement to cater for the educational needs of its citizens, adding that anyone caught flouting the new regulation will not be spared.

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Very good

That's good, every child is entitled to education cause it is the best legacy