By Sanusi Muhammad, Gusau
Zamfara State Government reaffirmed it’s commitment to the improvement of education of children in the state particularly improvement of enrollment drive in schools across the state.
Governor Dauda Lawal stated this Sunday in respect of commemoration of this year children day celebration and his two year anniversary held in Gusau.
The Governor who was represented by the State Commissioner Ministry of Women, Children and Social Development, Dr Aisha MZ Anka assured Children that the state government will continue to make massive investment in the educational sector in order to bequeath a secured future to the Children living in the state.
The Governor pledged that his government would continue to perform it’s primary responsibility to promoting and protecting the right of every citizen including the Children.
Governor Dauda Lawal also called on parents, guardians, teachers, as well as traditional rulers to work harder in educating and protecting children in the state.
Also speaking at the event the Director Child, Hajiya Farida Abdulrazak Tigana commended Zamfara state government for the total declaration of state of emergency on education.
In his speech, the Commissioner of Education Science and Technology, Malam Wadatau Madawaki, who was represented by permanent Secretary of the ministry Hajiya Maryam Yahaya Shantali, stated that the state government has declared a state of emergency on education, aimed at reforming the sector.