Writing by AMINU DALHATU; Editing by BASIRAT MEMUDU
Zamfara State government says it will look into possibility of constructing a school similar to Borno’s El’kanami College of Islamic Theology as part of effort to improve education in the state.
The State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Nafisa Muhammad Maradun stated this during a visit to Maiduguri’s El’kanami Theology College, where 20 Orphans from Zamfara State are enrolled in a free educational support programme under the famous AbdulLateef Zabadne Orphans Foundation in the College.
In a statement by the Information Officer of the Ministry, Sulaiman Isah said the Commissioner had also engaged with the students and expressed satisfaction on the way the College’s proprietor was running the free education programme.
Hajiya Nafisa Maradun urged the students to be good ambassadors of the state and read hard to come out with good result.
She pledged to inform the State Governor, Dr. Dauda Lawal on how well the Zamfara State students were being treated.
Earlier, the college’s proprietor, Sheikh Muhammad Arif AbdulLateef Zabane who was represented by the Director of the College, Sheikh Zubairu Muhammad Wasagu, expressed gratitude to the Zamfara State Government for sending a high-level delegation to the college to check on the wellbeing of their children and encouraged other states that benefit from the gesture to borrow a leaf from Zamfara.
Sheikh Mohammed promised full collaboration and support to the Zamfara State Theology College if constructed.
He explained that the El’kanami Theology College currently serves over 7,000 students from many states of the federation and reiterated the college ‘s commitment in providing free education, food, and other necessities to the Orphanage Foundation in the college.
