From Ahmed Kaigama, Bauchi.

A Non Governmental Organization, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD),has called for stakeholders support in the overhaul of the education sector in Bauchi state.
The CITAD Senior Programme Cordinator, Isah Garba made the call during a stakeholders meeting organized by CITAD in collaboration with USAID on the strategy development for monitoring the implementation of the recommendation of task Force committed to overhaul education sector in Bauchi state.
It would be recalled that Governor Mohammed Abubakar declared a state of emergency on education sector due to its dilapidated states and set up a committee on how to improve access and quality if education sector.
Garba said collective responsibility of all stakeholders will contribute to the success of education in the state because according to him the government cannot do it alone.
“We all must support the government to achieve its objectives of setting up the task force committee so that the recommendation will not be thrown out.
“We all know that Nigerian government both at the state and federal level are good in setting up Committee but the implementation process might be faulty so we need to assist Bauchi government to implement this recommendation’, he says.
Garba who commended the state government effort in setting up the committee said it demonstrated the present administration commitment to address the problem of education sector.
Also speaking, Kabiru Dakata, team lead of Social Accountability Cluster in education sector in North East said the aim of the meeting is to develop a strategy to monitor the implementation of the recommendation.
He said the Bauchi state government set a pace by declaring state of emergency on education sector which other state government as followed.
Also, former registrar of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Aliyu Misau suggested that the number of boarding schools across the state should be increase from 23 to 39 to ensure that all school age children in all the 3 senatorial zone are accommodated.
He said the increment of the number of schools will also increase funding in the schools hoping that it will be implementable following the commitment of the state government to improve education sector.
Participants at the meeting stressed the need for training and re-training of qualified guidance counselors in schools in order to improve the talent of the students.
They also called for sensitization of parents and students on importance of education to ensure that all age children are in school 5 days a week.

By Ahmed Jada

A Non Governmental Organization, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD),has called for stakeholders support in implementation to overhaul education sector in Bauchi state.

The CITAD Senior Programme Cordinator, Isah Garba during a stakeholders meeting organized by CITAD in collaboration with USAID on the strategy development for monitoring the implementation of the recommendation of task Force committed to overhaul education sector in Bauchi state.

It could be recalled that Governor Mohammed Abubakar declared a state of emergency on education sector due to its dilapidated states and set up a committee on how to improve access and quality if education sector.

Garba said collective responsibility of all stakeholders will contribute to the success of education in the state because according to him the government can not do it alone.

“We all must support the government to achieve its objectives of setting up the task force committee so that the recommendation will not be thrown out.

“We all know that Nigerian government both at the state and federal level are good in setting up Committee but the implementation process might be faulty so we need to assist Bauchi government to implement this recommendation” he said.

Garba who commended the state government effort in setting up the committee said it demonstrated the present administration commitment to adress the problem of education sector.

Also speaking, Kabiru Dakata, team lead of Social Accountability Cluster in education sector in North East said the aim of the meeting is to develop a strategy to monitor the implementation of the recommendation.

He said the Bauchi state government set a pace by declaring state of emergency on education sector which other state government as followed.

Also, former registrar of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Aliyu Misau suggested that the number of boarding schools across the state should be increase from 23 to 39 to ensure that all school age children in all the 3 senatorial zone are accommodated.

He said the increment of the number of schools will also increase funding in the schools hoping that it will be implementable following the commitment of the state government to improve education sector.

Participants at the meeting stressed the need for training and re-training of qualified guidance counsellors in schools in order to improve the talent of the students.

They also calls for sensitization of parents and students on importance of Education to ensure that all age children are in school 5 days a week.

By Hamza Ibrahim Chinade.

As part of its intervention towards mentoring youths to realize their potentials and excel in their different careers, the Center for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has for long been holding a monthly Inspiring Leadership Reflection Interactive Series (ILERIS) where successful personalities from different backgrounds and professions are brought into face to face interaction with the invited participating young people with a view to letting them learn from the experiences of the guests. This month, CITAD features a successful entrepreneur and media mogul Malam Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf, the founder and chairman of Media Trust Limited, publishers of Daily Trust, Saturday and Sunday Trust and Aminiya Newspapers as well as pan-African magazine Kilimanjaro.

Giving a background of the monthly event, Executive Director of CITAD, Malam Yunusa Zakari Ya’u said ILERIS is a youths development programme aimed at inspiring youths to be determined and committed in pursuing their respective causes so as they succeed in the long run.  “Every month we invite personalities with rich profile or experience to come and share their life history hoping the participants will identify their key guiding principles and imitate while learning how challenges and failures are managed, the participants comprise staff of the organization most of who are below thirty, youth from different institutions and organizations in Kano and students of secondary schools”.

The guest speaker began congratulating CITAD for coming up with the programme. Describing his experience at the 19 year old newspaper publishing company that he founded, Kabiru Yusuf said it has been a challenging but rewarding journey because it involved trying to survive in a very uncertain market. Hinting the relevance of passion and interest in choosing a career, Yusuf advised the participants to go for what have they aptitude and interest in as the two can serve as motivating factors even when problems arise, “if you want to enjoy what you are doing and go far in it, you must search yourself and find what is it that you are interested in”, doing what you don’t enjoy is disgusting as one can be easily discouraged when obstacle comes.

Sharing the tips of his paper’s success (Daily Trust), Kabiru Yusuf admitted that “we learn the hard way, we try give what the reader wants, reader doesn’t want you to tell lies, praise people unnecessarily, the reader want to be told the truth, what is happening, and unless you do that you lose the reader and once you lose the reader you are in trouble”. Ending his presentation, the guest speaker threw two courageous quotes to the youths participants, “if you want a job, create it”, “if one door closes, go to the next one”. Questions and comments were entertained by the speaker. The lecture ended with CITAD publications presentation to Malam Kabiru Abdullahi Yusuf by Malam Ado Shehu Yakasai.