Senator Shehu Sani, a former politician, has claimed that over ten thousand schools in the North had closed as a result of kidnapping and terrorism.
Senator Shehu Sani spoke at the Arewa House Kaduna during the 15th Ralph Opara Memorial Lecture on Girl Child Education, organized by the National Association of Seadogs, Pyrate Confraternity(NAS/PC) in Kaduna.
According him, “Most of those who are engaged in banditry and terrorism today, are young people in their 20s and 30s. If we had provided them the education they need, they wouldn’t have carried arms and be attacking people.
“I’m calling on the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to, as far as I’m concerned, what we need now is education, security and investment in agriculture. These are the basic things.
“Part of the reason we are facing security challenges in the North is the failure to fully educate the nomads. Most of those who are engaged in banditry and terrorism today, are young people in their 20s and 30s. If we had provided them the education they need, they wouldn’t have carried arms and be attacking people.”
“If we want to get the issue of security and education right in the North, we need to be serious about the issue of education.”