Kaduna State Government has procured N302 million worth of textbooks for distribution to public schools across the state, the state Director of Public Schools, Malam Dahuru Anchau, has said.

Anchau made this disclosure on Friday at Government Girls Secondary School Kawo, Kaduna during a ceremony to mark the International Day of the Girl Child.

The director said that the gesture was in line with the free education to policy the government aimed at expanding access to education for children especially the girl child.

Anchau assured that the books would be distributed soon.

Earlier, the wife of the governor, Mrs. Ummi El-Rufai, who initiated the event, distributed sanitary towels to over 100 girls in the school.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor’s wife had held a rally at Murtala Muhammad Square, Kaduna to mark the girl child day.

“We have come to interact with the girls, to tell them what today is about, to hear from them what they are thinking for themselves and to encourage them to think better for their future.”

Mrs. El-Rufai assured them that the state government was doing everything possible that the girl child achieves their dreams through education.

“The girls should maximize and take full advantage of the free and compulsory quality education which the state provides to make sure they build a better future for themselves.

“It is through education they would have the voice to speak against violence, aggression, oppression and abuse and injustice mated on them,” the governor’s wife said.

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He told parents unwilling to allow girls to attend a school that the state government has created more access for girls in a free atmosphere, in addition to making education free and compulsory.

“The withdrawal of the girl child from school is no longer going to be tolerated, and we are trying to make them understand why they should allow their children to complete the circle of education.

“If they don’t, roles of enforcement by the relevant laws will actually come to play, we don’t want to reach that level.

“All we want is for parents to understand that the current century requires that every parent should allow every child to go to school.

“Education for the girl child is free and compulsory, and we are building more classrooms to increase access and employing more teachers and renovating our infrastructures in school”, the commissioner added.

The Principal of the school, Hajiya Rukayya Ahmed, thanked the governor’s wife for selecting her school to project her good gestures and commitment for the betterment of the girl child.

One of the students, Nabila Isah, also thanked the governor’s wife and the state government for their kind gesture and in initiating policies towards enhancing the education sector.

She, however, urged the government to provide the ICT centre, laboratories and other pieces of equipment to enhance better learning in their school.

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'Hurricane' Rufai walking the talk. Just hoping these 'Not for Sale, Property of Kaduna state government' wont become occupants of Onitsha bookshops

Okay. Noted

Interesting. Now one important thing bothering my mind is, what is the content of these text books? Would it really help our children positively or its just going to take them to stone age? I am just wandering. Have you seen some the text books for children out there?




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Nice gesture. Other northern governor's should invest more in education there. It's a long time investment that will pay off years later.

I hope this helps

am sure that the money dey spent won't pass 5m
#257m goes to some people pocket

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Way to go...

Still remember the good old days of Ali's regime in the old Bendel State. We all had our free books all marked "Not for Sale".

Who can remember the scent of a newly bought primary school text book ?

daddytime:
Way to go

How is that ehn?

daddytime:
Way to go...

Still remember the old days of Ali's regime in the old Bendel State. We all had our free books all marked "Not for Sale".

did it help?

docadams:
'Hurricane' Rufai walking the talk. Just hoping these 'Not for Sale, Property of Kaduna state government' wont become occupants of Onitsha bookshops

Because his Fulani brothers will sell them

Olamilekxy:
am sure that the money dey spent won't pass 5m

#257m goes to some people pocket

El Rufai is in APC.
They don’t do anything like that in APC since they are all fighting corruption

daddytime:
Way to go...

Still remember the old days of Ali's regime in the old Bendel State. We all had our free books all marked "Not for Sale".

Do you mean that Oshiomole did nothing like that for eight years as comrade governor?
ACantBelieveIt

seguno2:


El Rufai is in APC.
They don’t do anything like that in APC since they are all fighting corruption

both pdp and apc are scam, both of dem are mad especially apc

Buhari deceive us

GOD GO P*****SH AM

Wow

YoungLionone:
Even Mr Table Shaker closes his door, imaging Reno can’t stand criticism but he will claim to be Buhari tormentor.

You've be posting this in all thread on Nairaland this early Saturday morning, are you okay?

nice

Mtchewwww...

Really? In this age? What if those textbooks now evolve with a new edition?

Rubbish!

Waste of funds, books they won't read.....books that will get eaten by rats...

It would have been more gracious to have bought oranges for the children to hawk.....hypocrite government

Digipro:
Interesting. Now one important thing bothering my mind is, what is the content of these text books? Would it really help our children positively or its just going to take them to stone age? I am just wandering. Have you seen some the text books for children out there?




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Yes keep WANDERING. you people must definitely look for or initiate faults. Haba

Nice one. But, the amount is more than enough to set up a printing factory to produce these textbooks themselves so as to save costs.

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Why these politicians dey lie like devil papa sef?

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YorubaNinja:
Really? In this age? What if those textbooks now evolve with a new edition?

Rubbish!

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Many Nigerians won't face the problems in their states but nah el Rufai and the guy keeps delivering superlative performance.

N302 million for textbooks? And dem go talk sey yahoo no good

sirfemoz:
Nice gesture. Other northern governor's should invest more in education there. It's a long time investment that will pay off years later.

that's true bruh, education is our primary problem here .