President Goodluck Jonathan has disclosed that not fewer than 19,000 street children who were wandering around Kastina State have been enrolled in the 36 Almajiri Schools he established in the state.
The president who is seeking re-election said this while addressing Peoples Democratic Party, PDP supporters and the people of the state at the Presidential campaign rally in Kastina yesterday.
He said “Katsina State has been the home of education and elite since colonial days, where the first college in the Northern region was established.
“We are ready to give education and agriculture high priority in the state as the people are predominantly agrarians and give much concern to education,” he said.
Jonathan also explained that his administration established a federal university to give Katsina youths more opportunity to pursue their educational career.
“I know that the state already has two universities, but I decided to establish another one to further enhance the pursuit of knowledge,” he added.
He urged the people to vote the ruling party so as to continue enjoying more dividends of democracy.
Earlier, the PDP Presidential Campaign Director-General, Ahmadu Ali, had appealed to people of Katsina State to vote for PDP during the 2015 general elections.
Ali said Katsina was the home of PDP for the past 15 years, saying the administration of late Umaru Musa Yar’adua and Gov. Ibrahim Shema had done a lot to provide dividends of democracy to the people.
