The Kaduna State Government, on Friday, warned parents to send their children to school or face prosecution in accordance with extant laws, IgbereTV reports.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs Phoebe Yayi, gave the advice in Kaduna during an interview with newsmen on Friday.

According to IgbereTV reports, Yayi stressed that every child has the right to free, compulsory and universal basic education, adding that the state government has a duty to provide such education.

She said in meeting this obligation, the government has declared free education to every child from primary to secondary school in the state.

The permanent secretary explained that the move was part of measures to ensure that every resident of the state was literate, and have a quality life.

“Therefore, parents have no excuse not to send their children to school, as the government has taken off all financial burden from parents.

“You should be aware that the Child Welfare and Protection Law, 2018, section 18 (6), stipulates that any parent or guardian who fails to send his or her child to school commits an offence.

“It added that a parent is liable on a first conviction to be reprimanded and ordered to undertake community service and on second conviction risk fine or imprisonment or both.

“As such, sending your children to school is no longer a choice, but compulsory and failure to do so is a criminal offence with a possible jail term.”

She warned that on no account should any parent deny his or her child the right to education, which would unlock the child’s full potential for a better future.

The permanent secretary added that even adults were given a second chance to acquire education in the spirit of “not living anyone behind.”

http://igberetvnews.com/1290284/el-rufai-send-child-school-face-prosecution/

This is what I expected from someone as stubborn as him to do as a governor. Instead of causing problem from left right and centre

this is a nice one. Education is the key to a sane society.

Lalasticlala

He should be commended. That's the way forward for Northern Nigeria and the country in whole

Haha they don't need it. send them to herdsmen college instead.

Surprisingly some parents are still been forced to send their children to school in 2020. And we wonder where most of our people are coming from.

Hypocrite

Either School or vocational training,
Make the child sha do one to Secure their future and our dear country.

Hell-Rufai has his darker sides but I can't hate him all out...


Even as a minister of FCT, he did great in some areas and was terrible at others....



This is highly recommended just so the North can deal with this Almajiris for ones.

Good policy

Yes.

Send them to school.

Let it not be that one fraudster will call them saying they are a staff of a bank and they will now foolishly divulge their details.

Fraudsters are seriously targetting illiterates who dont know jack and manipulate them into stealing their funds.

Propaganda. Kaduna state have over 2 million children beggars who don't even know who their parents are, so who is that short terrorist elrufai going to prosecute? Story for naive, daft zoogerians.

You have ideology that against western education and you want people to go to school? Nonsense!