By; JABIRU A. HASSAN, Kano
Following an alleged kidnapping and subsequent murder of a 5 year-old Hanifa Abubakar, a pupil of Noble Kids Academy, Kwanar Dakata by one of the school teachers, Kano State Government has ordered for an indefinite closing down and withdrawal of the operational license of the two schools.
This was disclosed by the state Commissioner of Education, Malam Muhammad Sanusi Sa'id Kiru while expressing shock over the unfortunate incidence, adding that the directives for the closure and licence withdrawal is with immediate effect, pending the investigation of the case by the state Police Command.
The Commissioner also revealed that in addition to the police investigation, a ministerial Committee has been constituted by the ministry with a view to assisting in digging the matter for justice to take its course, while consoling and condoling the families of late Hanifa Abubakar on behalf of the ministry and the state government, he called on parents/ guardians to desist from taking their wards to that school and its likes.
He further stated that the ministry will do all it takes to facilitate the work of the constituted committee in checkmating the activities of private schools in the state to prevent future occurrence of such incidents.
