From Mustapha Adamu, Kano
Youth in the Northeast, under the auspices of of North East Youth Progressive Union and Coalition for Democratic Rights Group have challenged Governors in the North to copy Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf’s template of poverty alleviation and human capital development which they described as practical and impacting.
The Northeast youth groups made the call on Wednesday in Yola, Adamawa State capital, at a press conference, according 5o Sanusi Bature Dawakin-Tofa, Chief Press Secretary to the governor in Kano yesterday.
He said the Chairman of the groups, Dr. Kabir Hassan Sambo, expressed worries over huge disparity in educational opportunities between North and Southern part of the country, advocating for the immediate replication of Kano’s educational transformation agenda in the region faced by diverse socioeconomic challenges.
Dr Sambo was quoted as saying, “It is worthy of note that Governor Yusuf within the last five months has paid for the Tuition, feeding, and Accommodation of 1001 Post Graduate students to India. He has also paid the Senior Secondary school examination fees (NECO) for 57,000 students, Tuition fees of 7,000 students at Bayero University, and tertiary institution students in Kano are now granted 50% discount on their fees. Furthermore, he has reopened 26 Skills acquisition institutes for training and empowerment of residents of Kano State.
“We really need all Northern Governors to emulate these steps by Kano and to prioritize education and human capital development”.
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