By Ibrahim Muhammad
Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) said Investment in Education is playing a significant role in Reducing Crime.
The Executive Director of Centre for Information Technology and Development, Y. Z. Ya’u, made the remark on Thursday during the distribution of school uniforms and learning materials to pupils of Kondawa Nomadic School in Jama’are Local Government Area.Bauchi State.
He said sustained investment in education remains critical to reducing insecurity and criminal activities in rural communities.
Represented by Isah Garba, the CITAD boss said the intervention was aimed at improving access to education among Fulani nomadic children and encouraging enrolment in hard-to-reach communities.
“We supported the pupils with 100 uniforms today,” he said, stressing that providing basic learning materials was necessary to keep children in school.
According to him, the absence of education has continued to expose many young people to criminal activities, adding that investment in learning would help build safer and more productive communities.
Ya’u noted that the organisation had carried out similar interventions across northern Nigeria to improve educational opportunities for underserved children.
Speaking during the event, the Education Secretary of Jama’are LGA, Malam Shuaibu Umar, described the intervention as timely and urged the newly recruited teachers to remain committed to their duties.
“We task the newly recruited teachers to uphold their obligations and discharge their duties effectively,” he said.
The Emir of Jama’are, Nuhu Ahmad Wabi, represented by the District Head of Gilar and Gongo, Alhaji Wada, commended CITAD for supporting nomadic education in the emirate and other northern communities.
He called on local and international non-governmental organisations to partner with CITAD in expanding humanitarian and educational interventions.
CITAD had earlier expressed concern over the deteriorating condition of the Kondawa Nomadic School, which serves Kwandawa, Digawa, Yangamai Ayas, Kundi, Dolede, Talba and Gundumi communities.
The school, established about eight years ago by the National Commission for Nomadic Education, was designed to cater for more than 100 pupils but had become largely non-functional due to poor infrastructure and inadequate staffing.
Only one teacher had reportedly been handling the entire school, while collapsed walls, missing roofs, vandalised classrooms and overgrown surroundings forced many pupils to abandon learning for grazing and farming activities.
