Kabiru Haruna Nigeria’s education system is facing significant challenges across its six geographical zones. This report highlights the common problems, zone-specific issues, roots, and potential solutions to improve education outcomes. Nigeria’s education system is plagued by poor funding, inadequate infrastructure, shortage of qualified teachers, low enrollment rates, high dropout rates, poor academic performance, corruption, and insecurity. These challenges hinder the provision of quality education. Each geographical zone faces unique challenges. The North-Central zone struggles with herdsmen-farmer conflicts disrupting schools and limited access to education for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs). The North-East zone faces Boko Haram insurgency, destroying schools and displacing…
Author: Hari Gadanga
Kabiru Haruna In a significant political shift in Kano, over 960 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led by Alhaji Baba Sabiu, Chairman of the party in Dala Local Government Area, have defected to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) . This mass defection comes just weeks before the local government elections scheduled for October 26. The defectors, including former councilors from 12 wards in the Dala LGA, cited a desire for progressive change as their reason for joining the NNPP. Alhaji Sabiu expressed confidence in the NNPP’s ability to bring about meaningful reforms and bolster its chances in…
Kabiru Haruna In a bold move to revitalize Kano State’s education sector, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf has launched the distribution of instructional materials worth millions of naira to public schools. This initiative is part of the state’s educational recovery policy. Governor Yusuf expressed regret over the deteriorating infrastructure, high number of out-of-school children, and closure of boarding schools. He attributed these issues to the poor management of public policy on education by the past administration. The governor pledged to address these challenges head-on, declaring a State of Emergency in Education to revamp the system. His administration has embarked on massive…
The entire leadership and members of Gwaram Community Assembly have appreciated the remarkable display of democratic engagement, by the people of Gwaram Local Government Area (LGA). In a statement signed by Tafidan Farin Dutse Malam Yunusa Hamza made available to newsmen. The statement explained that, Gwaram people made an unprecedented turnout leading to a clear victory by Professor Salim Abdurrahman Isawa of APC with over 91,485 votes in the October 5th, 2024, Jigawa State LGA election. “signalling acceptability and the first to garner such votes in the political history of the LGA” Gwaram community assembly explained that , the milestone…
Mai Martaba Sarkin Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado yakai ziyarar jajantawa Yan kasuwar Kantin Jim kadan da dawowarsa daga ziyarar aiki da yaje Abuja. Dubun dubatar Masoya da magoya baya ne sukayi cincirundo domin raka mai Martaba Sarkin kasuwar ta Kantin kwari. Da yake jajantawa wadanda suka gamu da ibtila’in gobarar, Sakin Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero yayi addu’ar Allah ya mayar da asarar da akayi a kasuwar tareda addu’ar Allah ya kiyaye afkuwar hakan anan gaba. Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero ya kuma godewa Jami’an Hukumar kashe gobara ta jihar Kano da Jami’an tsaro da Kungiyar Yan kasuwar da dai daikun…
An infreno has razed several shops at the popular Kantin Kwari market Kano municipal local government area. The inferno occured at about 7 pm at gidan Inuwa Mai Mai Bayajidd Street.
An inferno has razed several shops at the popular Kantin Kwari market Kano municipal local government area. The inferno occured at about 7 pm at gidan Inuwa Mai Mai Bayajidda Street affected buildings at the middle of the market. Speaking to newsmen the chairman Kantin Kwari traders market association Ambassador Balarabe Tatari explained that the fire was quenched by the federal fire service, Kano state fire service, private companies and reinforcement from Sabon gari, Dawanau and Singa markets. He highlighted that, the DSS, Njgeria police force and other relevant authorities are on ground to provide security around the market. Ambassador…
The Aminu Magashi Garba AMG Foundation has called on the Kano State House of Assembly to establish House Committee on Humanitarian Affairs. The call was contained in a letter to the Speaker, Kano State House of Assembly, Alhaji Jibril Isma’il Falgore by the Chairman of the foundation, Dr. Aminu Magashi Garba on Friday, 4th October, 2024. Recall that, Kano state governor Engineer Abba Kabir Yusuf created the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation in April, 2024 to alleviate poverty and address humanitarian crisis in the state. “Kano State, one of the populous states in Nigeria is faced with flooding,…
Khadijah Aliyu The Kano state accountability forum on education K-Safe, with support from FCDO PLANE,, conducted a school enrollment campaign across some selected local governments. The selected LGAs include Makoda, Minjibir, Warawa, Kabo, Kumbotso, Kibiya, Rimin Gado, Bunkure, and Bebeji. The school enrollment campaign team visited Rimin Gado’s special primary school with over eight thousand students. The education secretary, Rimin Gado Alhaji Abdullahi Sabi’u, represented by the head of Personnel Local Education Authority LEA Alhaji Salisu Umar Lambu, received the team in his office. The team went around the school and interacted with students, where some benefitted from writing kits…
Today, October 5, 2024, marks World Teachers Day, a global celebration honoring the invaluable contributions of teachers. The Executive Director of Adolescent Health and Information Projects AHIP Hajiya Mairo Bello has issued a timely call to action, urging governments to prioritize teachers’ welfare through enhanced salaries and allowances, recognizing them as the backbone of meaningful development. She stressed that, this special day, established in 1994, commemorates the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which sets standards for education personnel policy, recruitment, training, employment, and working conditions. To elevate education to global standard Hajiya Mairo emphasizes…