Kaduna Gov’t promises quality education to underprivileged students

The Kaduna State Government has assured of its readiness to provide quality educational opportunities to students of Almajirin schools and other underprivileged children in the state.

The Special Assistant to Governor Uba Sani on School Feeding Programme, Dr. Fauziya Buhari-Ado, gave this assurance in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.

Fauziya spoke while hosting a number of Muslim and underprivileged school students as part of the Eid-el-Kabir celebration at the Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Bilingual Primary School in Maraban Gonda, Sabongari Local Council of Kaduna State.

She stated that the government has decided to celebrate the students who combine both Western and Islamic education as part of the ongoing efforts to ensure that children of the less fortunate have access to quality education in the state.

Fauziya further stated that the school feeding programme, which has cost the state government over N4 billion to date, has boosted enrollment and retention in schools and boosted the local economy in the state.

She highlighted that as many as 25,000 students across the state’s 23 councils are already benefiting from the programme.

Fauziya also revealed that the event which witnessed the slaughter of the sacrificial ram, special Eid lunch, cutting of cake and distribution of free gifts provided her with an opportunity to interact with the students who were initially out-of-school children in the state goods.

An official of one of the Islamic schools, Malam AbdulHamid Ahmed, described the School Feeding Initiative as a welcome development as it has created an enabling environment for vulnerable children to get equal opportunities for education in the state.

He acknowledged that the program has had a tremendous positive impact in increasing enrollment at his school.

However, Filin Malawa village head Magaji Datiya thanked the Governor Sani-led government for the kind gesture.