Kano State Commissioner for Education, Malam Muhammad Sanusi Sa’id Kiru, has expressed the readiness of the state government to admit an additional 100 students among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) into Mariri Boarding Primary and Junior Secondary School. The statement stated that Kiru made the disclosure when he and his counterpart in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Dr Zahrau Muhammad Umar, jointly received the committee representing the parents of the IDP students at the school premises. Fanta Baba Shehu, said that the quarterly visit to the school was initiated to enable the IDP students to have a sense of belonging. She, however, disclosed that the majority of the students were carefully selected from the 27 local governments of Borno state. During the visit, the committee brought two sets of uniforms, a sandal and shoes, vest and other materials for the 200 IDP students.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 07, 2020 18:33 UTC